CD and DVD media

External Since: Jun 23, 2006 Posts: 21

What is the difference between (-) and (+) in the dvd and cdrom media?
For example,
DVD-R or DVD+R
CD-R or cd +r
Is one better than the other when it comes to quality? Are they used for
different purposes?

Thanks.

Mitch

External Since: May 16, 2008 Posts: 48

See the different items in Wikipedia for information.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD%2BR

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-R

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cd-r

Here's even more:
http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Hardware_Software/2007/DVDFormatsE...ained.a

"Mitch" <Mitch.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> What is the difference between (-) and (+) in the dvd and cdrom media?
> For example,
> DVD-R or DVD+R
> CD-R or cd +r
> Is one better than the other when it comes to quality? Are they used for
> different purposes?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Mitch