[X-Newbies] DVDs

[VS]

At 18.45 -0500 05-02-07, Vincent Cayenne wrote:
>At 12:15 AM +0100 2/8/05, VS wrote:
>>So the person in the store is proven wrong, generally speaking, but 
>>could be right in specific instances.
>
>The person in the store was "generally" correct. Typically and until 
>fairly recently, the DVD burners *from Apple* were DVD-R but not 
>DVD+R compatible. So the person was probably quite accustomed to 
>giving that advice since it was right, generally speaking. Even in 
>those instances (IOW recently) where DVD+R is usable, DVD-R is also. 
>So the person would still have been generally correct to steer a Mac 
>user toward DVD-R media.
>
>>I have used DVD+R for at least a year and it works fine for me. I 
>>use Toast and my burner is a "PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D".
>
>Your burner is a Pioneer DVR-106D and supports use of both + and - 
>media 
><http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pio/pe/images/portal/cit_3424/2370278DVR-x06_GSpecs.pdf>. 
>But did it come from Apple standard or as a BTO option with your 
>system?

Aha, I see what you mean. Thanks for the clarification. My burner was 
added by myself as my G4 is one of the older ones, equipped with the 
now rather useless DVD-RAM... I took that thing out. But I have 
understood that the Pioneer 106D is used by Apple in some macs, is 
this correct?

/ Vicki