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by BuckyF on January 8th, 2004

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What's the difference between DVD-R and DVD+R?

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  • by ryis36 on January 3rd, 2009

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    Well I came here to find the answer as well. I started backing up movies about two years ago, and was always using +R. I have a pioneer up-converting DVD player which supports both -R and +R formats. The problem I am running into is, while watching a movie burned on the +R format, it often freezes, skips, and sometimes can't continue to read the disk, a problem that is intermittent. If I make it all the way through a movie burned on +R without this happening, I feel lucky.

    Oddly, I can sometimes watch a +R disk with no problems, while at other times the same disk freeze and skip. Also, if I loan a disk to a friend or family member, if it was burned on +R, they often cannot watch it, or have the same problem with it freezing. I never have any of these problem with the ones burned on -R. I realize, a lot of people still have older DVD players that do not support the +R format, but mine does, and I still have problems with it.

    Granted, I am backing up movies and not other types of data, and as previously mentioned, -R seems to be better for movies, and +R for data.

    I have been finding that I am better off going back through and re-burning stuff from the +R disks to the -R. If I am watching a +R, and it starts to skip. I simply pop it into my computer and burn it right from the +R disk on to a -R, problem solved. I am a little ticked that I have wasted so much time and money on the +R format, but what can you do.

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    • I have the same problem, however, it's with the DVD-R discs. A friend of mine told me to try burning a DVD-R at a slower speed. I tried it, I can see the information has burned to the disc, but not even my computer recognizes it as a movie disc. (It says it's a blank disc.) Also, I bought my DVD player in 2004 I think. Would this have something to do with this issue?

      I have never had problems using a DVD+R so that's what I tend to use to burn movies. For data use I use a DVD-R.

      HomeGrown

      by HomeGrown on March 7th, 2009

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