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  1. February 15th, 2007, 11:58 AM #1
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    Question Question about DVD media

    I have a NEC 18X DVD±R DVD Burner which you can see here. I'm new to DVD drives and need help figuring out what media to use. It's my understanding that this is a double layer DVD drive, which if I understand correctly allows me to double up on the amount of data it can hold. Is that correct? If so, than I could buy DVD media that supports double layer and burn up to around 8GB of data. Is that right? I'm also wondering about which type of DVD media to use. By that I mean DVD-R or DVD+R. Which is best, or more widely supported by DVD players in use on TV's or portable DVD players, as well as with DVD drives that are used on PC's?
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  2. February 15th, 2007, 12:22 PM #2
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    DVD Formats Explained

    http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/...sExplained.asp
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  3. February 15th, 2007, 12:27 PM #3
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    That's an excellent link. I just read through it. Thanks for the help.
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  4. February 15th, 2007, 12:52 PM #4
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    DVD-R are the most popular, you'll want DVD-R DL discs to be able to burn 8gb.


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  6. February 15th, 2007, 01:00 PM #5
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    I buy the disks that are supported by my players.
    None of mine can use dvd minus r's.
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