[MacDV] DVD problems

[Paul Moortgat]

See for number 10, 14, 21 on this Amazon website:  (the numbers are on  
the left site of the products)
<http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1254170681/ref=sr_pg_1?ie=UTF8&rs=&keywords=dvd-dl%20media&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Advd-dl%20media&page=1 
 >

Paul Moortgat


On 28 Sep 2009, at 19:56, Robert & Susan Lloyd wrote:

> Paul's reference was to the tenth item on the Amazon list, some DVD- 
> R DLs.
>
> BobLL
>
> Derek Roff wrote:
>> The System Profiler on all of my recent Macs report that the drives  
>> will write +R DL and -R DL discs.  In spite of this, I have seldom  
>> seen -R DL discs for sale.
>>
>> I didn't understand Paul's link and reference to "point 10" of the  
>> Amazon DVD page.  Paul, can you explain further?   What I saw on  
>> the linked page (the first of four) was more than a dozen +R DL  
>> options, with nothing special about item 10.  Perhaps the order of  
>> the items on the page has changed since Paul posted it.  As of this  
>> moment, 11 AM Mountain Time, 2009.9.28, of the 50 items on the four  
>> associated pages, only 4 are -R DL discs:  items 19 (Philips), 22  
>> (JVC), 26 (JVC), 46 (RiData) are shown as DVD-R DL discs.  There  
>> are a few non-disc items, and more than forty +R DL offerings.
>>
>> <http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1254157696/ref=sr_pg_2?ie=UTF8&rs=&keywords=dvd-dl%20media&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Advd-dl%20media&page=2 
>> >
>>
>> It's interesting to me that for the most part, the -R DL discs are  
>> cheaper than +R DL discs packed in similar quantities.  I use -R  
>> single layer DVDs, because I've had good luck with Taiyo Yuden  
>> white inkjet printable disks, and the -R version is a bit cheaper  
>> and more widely available than the +R version.  And also because we  
>> have a dedicated DVD recorder, which only takes single layer -R  
>> discs.  I seldom make DL discs, and up to now, I've used Verbatim  
>> and Memorex discs with good results.
>>
>> Years ago, we found -R single layer discs to be more compatible  
>> with our various DVD players.  I think those times are largely  
>> past, and that both -R and +R discs play in most players.  I am  
>> curious what other list members are using for both single layer and  
>> double layer discs, and what your recent compatibility experiences  
>> have been.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Derek
>>
>> Derek Roff
>> Language Learning Center
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>> University of New Mexico
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>> Internet: derek at unm.edu