Older devices had issues with one or the other of DVD-R or DVD+R (most read DVD+R better), newer devices are fine with any of them.
Lower quality DVD-RW/DVD+RW may not play well with lower quality players, choose quality media and you should be fine, however.
ALL brands have both high quality and low quality media, and it's (nearly) impossible to tell which is in a given store.
There are some techniques to use listed at the following two sites (the first is for CD, but most of it applies to DVD as well, and it's a more informative page)
http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq07.html#S7
http://www.cdr-zone.com/articles/recordable_dvd_quality_page_1.html
Mark Jarvis wrote:
> Apparently the wording on my original post was poor. I'm looking for media
> recommendations for use in the DVD combo I just hooked up to my TV:
> 1) DVD-R vs DVD+R
> 2) DVD-RW vs DVD+RW
> 3) Brand recommendation (good)
> 4) Brand recommendation (avoid)
> 5) Good local source (if any)
> 6) Good internet order source.
>
> Comments on any of the above will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> -mj-
>
>
> Mark Jarvis wrote:
>>
>> When my VCR died I was forced to join the 21st century and get a DVD/VCR combo
>> recorder. I would like to start putting some things on DVDs and also to start
>> recording to rewritable DVDs. I've made a few DVDs, but not many. My
>> recollection is that the DVD-R discs tend to work better in ordinary DVD
>> players. Is this a general consensus? Does the same thing hold for DVD RWs? Is
>> there a brand that is known for particularly good (or bad) results or as a
>> good value for the $? Also advice on where to get them & save a $.
>>
>> This group is such an eclectic collection of experts that I'm sure that
>> someone is in a position to give some good advice here.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mark Jarvis
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