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DVD+R support?
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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Rather na�vely I bought my 12" RevB PB with Superdrive assuming that any blank write-only DVD media would work fine. I went out and bought a box full of blank DVD+Rs, only to learn now that these aren't the same as DVD-Rs and that the Superdrive will only write to the latter.
Is this true? Are there firmware hacks around this, or have I invested in ten costly coasters?
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not really. DVD-R and +RW are totally different standards. if you had a DVD-Multi drive that supported +RW, then it would work, but macs don't come with those. That and matsushita (the company that makes the dvd-r drives in the powerbooks) is extremely hostile towards the +RW standard, and with good reason.
DVD-R is more compatible anyway.
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I'm talking about DVD+R, not DVD+RW (I assume they're not the same thing?). I only realised there was a difference when I read the latest issue of MacFormat which reviews a dual-format Plextor DVD writer. According to the review (and to other sites I've looked at since) DVD+R is the more widely recognised and the more compatible format. Which sucks.
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+R is a derivitive of the +RW standard (it's called the +RW consortium or something like that. a group of companies that make +R/+RW stuff. they're not actually part of the DVD forum, so they can't call it "DVD+RW")
+RW is more widely accepted on the windows side (don't know why, it just is,) but DVD-R is the actual format supported by the DVD Forum (the companies that came up with the DVD standard)
As far as I know, DVD-R is more likely to be compatible with old players, as well as other DVD drives. +RW is less likely to be, though newer drives can read basically anything.
edit:
comparison of features
from the site, DVD-R is compatible with more, while +RW has more "features" (not that it matters after its burned.)
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Thanks a lot Albert, that's really helpful. I'd trust a regular here over a Future publication any day... 
I'll just have to offload those DVD+R discs on someone else...
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FYI, if you are looking for good deals on bulk DVD-Rs check out Shop4Tech.com. I just bought a hundred 2x DVD-Rs for 60 bucks (free shipping included). Yes you will get several duds in the bunch, but not too many and it's way cheaper than buying from "name" companies like Apple or Verbatim who charge exorbitant prices.
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