[mythtv-users] DVD +r or -R which one works with moreconsumerDVDplayers (like APEX)

Will Dormann wd at pobox.com
Tue Apr 27 17:39:08 EDT 2004


At 03:28 PM 4/27/2004 -0400, you wrote
>
>To take this OT (but useful) thread a little further),
>does +/-RW compatibility say anything about +/-R
>compatibility?  I've tried DVD-RW and it played
>everywhere except one relatively old DVD player.  Is
>this predictive of whether DVD-R will work in the
>same player?


The compatibility of RW (+ or -) DVDs is significantly less than their
write-once brothers.
There's a good chance that a player that will not play RW discs, will play
R discs.


-WD


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