DVD Writer advice

[BigRed]

Hey All,

I need to buy a DVD writer for archiving large amounts of data, but would also like to explore the possibility of making DVDs that could be played in a home DVD player.

Does anyone have any advice, and also can anyone point me in the direction of a resource that explains the differences between DVD+, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, etc?

Thank you!

[JPR]

DVD-RW

A new standard for rewritable DVD disks being promoted by Hewlett-Packard, Philips and Sony. It is competing with another standard, called DVD-RAM, developed by the DVD Consortium. The two standards are incompatible. DVD+RW disks have a slightly higher capacity -- 3 GB per side, versus 2.6 GB per side for DVD-RAM disks.

[hapoo]

Originally posted by JPR
DVD-RW

A new standard for rewritable DVD disks being promoted by Hewlett-Packard, Philips and Sony. It is competing with another standard, called DVD-RAM, developed by the DVD Consortium. The two standards are incompatible. DVD+RW disks have a slightly higher capacity -- 3 GB per side, versus 2.6 GB per side for DVD-RAM disks.


ohh boy thats some old ass information! I suggest you completely forget about DVD-RAM.
heres a small guide:
http://www.techtv.com/products/consumerelectronics/story/0,23008,3350232,00.html


I myself went with the Pioneer A04 (-RW), cause the media is cheap (around a buck a disk), it has pretty good support, and disc compatablility is good.