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| 153124 | 2003-06-17 10:47:00 | I am looking at a new system. One has DVD+R and DVD+RW in CDRW combo drive (Dell) The other has DVD+-R and DVD+-RW (PC Company) Anyone know the difference between + alone and +- ? Will they both Play Movie DVD's ? Is one drive combo better than a DVD and CD separate Drives? Thanks in advance |
Rock1 (3971) | ||
| 153125 | 2003-06-17 12:40:00 | Buy Dell, I would not buy pc company because i have read to many bad post about the pc company. Read This (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) |
BootyLicious (526) | ||
| 153126 | 2003-06-17 13:28:00 | If you are getting a new system and you want to write data to a DVD then go for Dell. It would appear that with the PC Company you get a DVD READER as opposed to a DVD Writer. You don't say what other hardware is on each computer you are considering. You don't say what software may be bundled with the deal either way. Based on what you have said so far and not knowing the specs *I* wouldn't buy either. Check motherboard, RAM. Processor as well!!! AGP card supplied??? etc etc!!!! |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 153127 | 2003-06-17 14:10:00 | >If you are getting a new system and you want to write data to a DVD then go for Dell. It would appear that with the PC Company you get a DVD READER as opposed to a DVD Writer. Nope. The pc company pc should write dvds fine. ;) DVD +/- R/RW are recording drives and can read and write dvds. A reader only drive would be classed as DVD-ROM. + and - R/RW writing are just different dvd writing formats, and no format has been standardised as yet. |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 153128 | 2003-06-17 22:47:00 | PoWa is right. If you can remember in the early days of video recorders, a battle ensued between 2 formats Beta and VHS. Guess who won? The same thing is happening with the different - and + formats. On that principle, I would go with the PC Company one as it covers both formats. So if you want to write a DVD for another PC that has a DVD - R reader in it, you can. Just the versitility I guess, appeals to me. |
Pheonix (280) | ||
| 153129 | 2003-06-17 23:40:00 | Remember this.... Minus for compatibility, plus for the future. Buy yourself a Sony DRU500AX writer to cover all options. Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 153130 | 2003-06-18 03:17:00 | I agree with Lohsing. I have given up on the idea of getting a combo CD/DVD writer at this time because of the differing formats. The Sony covers all of the bases (so far as I can recall from Feb PC World review). The main issue is price but this is reducing all the time and for me it is simply a matter of waiting for cost and quality/reliability to reach the right point-say $600. I am told by an IT advisor that even so, a standalone TV oriented DVD player-recorder has more functions and usability than a computer oriented reader-writer. He rather lost me in the translation but his brother-in-law took that advice and spent $1500 on a living room player-recorder for the purpose of downloading years of video camera recordings. It seems early days for computer based DVD writing to cover all formats and yet be at a reasonable price. Hope this is some help. Cheers Winston001 |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 153131 | 2003-06-18 03:29:00 | Yeah, the whole +/- thing is a bit of a sticking point... I guess not having industry standards lets people advance whatever technology they feel wish to push (see DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD as other examples). My guess would be that by the time these writers become cheap enough for consumers, there will be writers capable of writing to DVD-9 size discs... Oh well, that's what you get when you're after the latest and greatest! ;) Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 153132 | 2003-06-18 12:43:00 | I'm wondering, can dvd -/+ R/RW discs be read in any dvd-rom drive??? If they can, whats the big deal with the recording format its in? At the end of the day, you want the dvd to be readable in any player, right? | PoWa (203) | ||
| 153133 | 2003-06-18 14:25:00 | All DVD-Roms can read + or - format... the compatibility issue comes about when you try to put a + or - disc into your stand-alone DVD player... Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
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