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Somewhere along the line, I wound up with a stack of each type of disk.

Been burning to DVD+R, and now that stack is depleted. No problems
so far with the media type.

I'd like to delete the .ISO files that I used to burn those discs.

Question: Will I have any problems if/when I just do a disk copy
from a +R disk to a -R disk?
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PeteCresswell

On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 10:40:22 -0500, "(PeteCresswell)" <>
wrote:

>Somewhere along the line, I wound up with a stack of each type of disk.
>
>Been burning to DVD+R, and now that stack is depleted. No problems
>so far with the media type.
>
>I'd like to delete the .ISO files that I used to burn those discs.
>
>Question: Will I have any problems if/when I just do a disk copy
> from a +R disk to a -R disk?

You may lose some compatility with old players. But if that is the
case, you need to upgrade anyway.


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In article <>, Bob
<> wrote:

> >Question: Will I have any problems if/when I just do a disk copy
> > from a +R disk to a -R disk?
>
> You may lose some compatility with old players. But if that is the
> case, you need to upgrade anyway.

DVD-R is *more* compatible with old players than DVD+R. So in that
respect, he won't lose anything by copying something to DVD-R.

To the OP, no, you'll be fine; the disc capacity is the same.

Per beavis:
>DVD-R is *more* compatible with old players than DVD+R. So in that
>respect, he won't lose anything by copying something to DVD-R.
>
>To the OP, no, you'll be fine; the disc capacity is the same.

Thanks. That is what I was hoping to hear.
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PeteCresswell

On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 15:38:23 GMT, beavis <> wrote:

>DVD-R is *more* compatible with old players than DVD+R. So in that
>respect, he won't lose anything by copying something to DVD-R.

You are overlooking the capability to bitset +Rs. Then they become
totally compatible. You cannot bitset -Rs.


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In Hillary Clinton's new book "Living History," Hillary details what
it was like meeting Bill Clinton, falling in love with him, getting
married, and living a passionate, wonderful life as husband and wife.
Then on page two, the trouble starts.

On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:30:39 -0500, "(PeteCresswell)" <>
wrote:

>Per beavis:
>>DVD-R is *more* compatible with old players than DVD+R. So in that
>>respect, he won't lose anything by copying something to DVD-R.
>>
>>To the OP, no, you'll be fine; the disc capacity is the same.
>
>Thanks. That is what I was hoping to hear.

Don't leave out bitsetting from your considerations.


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In Hillary Clinton's new book "Living History," Hillary details what
it was like meeting Bill Clinton, falling in love with him, getting
married, and living a passionate, wonderful life as husband and wife.
Then on page two, the trouble starts.

Bob wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 15:38:23 GMT, beavis <> wrote:
>
>> DVD-R is *more* compatible with old players than DVD+R. So in that
>> respect, he won't lose anything by copying something to DVD-R.
>
> You are overlooking the capability to bitset +Rs. Then they become
> totally compatible. You cannot bitset -Rs.
>
>

What? DVD-R and DVD-RW are the official writable and rewritable
formats from the DVD Forum. They do not require bitsetting to comply
with the standards.

Bitsetting was/is a kludge only necessary for the +R format.

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Oldus Fartus

Per Bob:
>bitset

I googled it. Got a *lot* of hits. None comprehensible by me.

Can you give a "For Dummies" explanation?
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PeteCresswell

On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 08:48:35 -0500, "(PeteCresswell)" <>
wrote:

>Per Bob:
>>bitset
>
>I googled it. Got a *lot* of hits. None comprehensible by me.
>
>Can you give a "For Dummies" explanation?

Pete,

My "for dummies" (I'm certainly no expert) explanation is that
bitsetting (finalizing) a DVD+R recordable makes it "look" like a DVD
ROM (ie, "pressed" or commercial DVD) to the player. I'm sure someone
will correct me if my understanding is wrong.
Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/

Per Charlie Hoffpauir:
>My "for dummies" (I'm certainly no expert) explanation is that
>bitsetting (finalizing) a DVD+R recordable makes it "look" like a DVD
>ROM (ie, "pressed" or commercial DVD) to the player. I'm sure someone
>will correct me if my understanding is wrong.

If somebody had to choose between a spindle of -R and +R blank DVDs, which would
be the logical choice, then?

Sounds like +R... ?
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PeteCresswell