XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 2/17/2025 3:52 AM, Dan Purgert wrote:   
   > On 2025-02-16, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >> I've got a PVR who's HD is getting pretty full (90%+) with programs I'll   
   >> want to watch some day ... so I was thinking about coping some of the   
   >> 'Keeper' programs onto DVD which meant buying a spool of DVD's.... but   
   >> then needed to check if I needed DVD-R or DVD+R disks. (It is DVD-R)   
   >>   
   >> Which got me thinking ...... What's the difference between DVD-R and   
   >> DVD+R??   
   >   
   > Was something to do with the dyes and actual burn logic (i.e. "which   
   > consortium are you buying into?") -- a lot like betamax vs. VHS (etc.)   
   >   
   > As I recall, one of them died out; or drives converged and everything   
   > burns anything at this point (unless you have a 15-20 year old burner,   
   > in which case ... )   
   >   
      
   You might be thinking of BluRay versus HDDVD.   
      
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_DVD   
      
        "HD DVD was envisioned to be the successor to   
         the standard DVD format, but lost out to Blu-ray"   
      
   DVD with the (+) and (-) sign, are typically both supported   
   on modern DVD drives you might have bought. However, if   
   you're making wedding videos for distribution to family   
   members, then you might select (-) media, to try to get   
   really old DVD drives to work.   
      
      Paul   
      
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