[MacDV] Re: iDVD iDvDidn't.

[Gerhard Kuhn]

The compatibly has to do with the reflective characteristics of the 
media, the information on both types of disks is the same it is just 
that the older players had lasers and lenses that are not capable of 
reading the disks burned rather than pressed.  Think of it this way if 
you read 12 pt type with a 100 watt light bulb it doesn't mean that you 
will be able to read it under a 25 watt bulb with your glasses off.  
The book is the same but conditions have changed enough that it cannot 
be read.  This would be same as putting a DVD-R in a current player 
designed to read these disks and using an old set that isn't equipped 
to.

Gerhard Kuhn

On Jan 18, 2004, at 5:26 PM, Mandy Claire Caulton wrote:

> Isn't the superdrive dvd format dvd-r and aren't dvd players 
> dvd+r..?Even with mpeg2 encoding is it gonna play on any dvd 
> player.?Just a guess. Roger from U.K