On Monday, January 19, 2004, at 01:58 PM, Ronald Woodland wrote: > It seems, then, that the "-R" and "+R" formats relate to using a DVD > for data rather than for video. Is that right? Can it be said that > in the consumer DVD video market, a DVD has only one standard format? > Or has this fragmented into competing formats too? No if your writer can write +r it will do data too. And no I assume you mean Consumer DVD recorders, which at first seemed to be all +R but i think there are quite a few -r recorders out there especially the ones with built-in Harddrives. > J