Stupid Question – DVD RW (+) or (-)

Hello!
I have DVD+RW empty DVD’s for burning, hope you know what i mean, because there is (-) and (+) and i know that the (+) is newer and not supported by all DVD drives.
Anyway,my father is buying a new PC. I burnt him a windows vista, but on a DVD+R, and i need to know if it is going to work. All I know is that the drive is called “Dul layer” or somthing, and that it is new. It also burns DVDs, so i know that it supports DVD-R for sure, but im not sure if it can read DVD+R.
I don’t know what’s the meaning of all these things, but I know that I really need an “OK” of someone from you guys who knows, and that it can really help me
Thank you very much!
Answer #1
The truth is that the two competing technologies use different formats. No single company “owns” DVD and both technologies have their “champions”. DVD-R/RW was developed by Pion. Based on CD-RW technology, it uses a similar pitch of the helix, mark length of the ‘burn’ for data, and rotation control. DVD-R/RW is supported by the DVD Forum, an industry-wide group of hardware and software developers, and computer peripheral manufacturers. The DVD-R format has been standardized in ECMA-279 by the Forum, but this is a private standard, not an ‘industry’ ISO standard like the CD-R/RW Red Book or Orange Book standard. DVD+R/RW is also based on CD-RW technology. DVD+R/RW is supported by Sony, Philips, HP, Dell, Ricoh, Yamaha, and others, and has recently been endorsed by Microsoft. DVD+R/RW is not supported by the DVD Forum, but the Forum has no power to set industry standards, so it becomes a market-driven issue. Technical Answer
DVD+R is a dvd disc that allows multiple layers for one disc where as dvd-r only allows one layer. They will not compete to become the de Facto standard, because they are both here to stay. Multi layer DVD+R can allow extra capacity per disc than DVD-R hence its high cost!
Answer #2
hmmm that is very interesting, amazing you actually know this stuff!!
so actually this should work – in the site it said “dual layer” so that’s probably it, right?
Answer #3
Please what does the lightscribe label on my laptop dvd rw drive mean
Answer #4
Nice post Swap. I never really understood the difference, to be honest it’s pretty stupid. They should just have one or the other and stop making things difficult.
Answer #5
Please what does the lightscribe label on my laptop dvd rw drive mean
if u have lightscribe disk’s u can burn an image on the cd
Answer #6
Lightscribe is a technology that allows you to laser etch directly onto the face of a dvd/cd using a lightscribe drive and cd/dvd.
Answer #7
Please what does the lightscribe label on my laptop dvd rw drive mean
There are special Lightscribe DVD’s (not so expensive), by that technology u can print labels to those DVD’s without any additional device (printer). Good for you
Answer #8
That’s not fully accurate – you can get dual layer +r and -r.
-r is a defacto standard assumed for standalone dvd players, and 99.99% will play -r disc.
+r has better error correction factors (wider laser wobble grove before error), but is only about 92% compatible for standalone players.
Basically, for data/games, use +r. For movies use -r until you test a +r on your dvd player in the lounge.
Answer #9
In answer to the original question….All modern PC drives support either format well …and you will only be concerned with a single layer disk for Vista, anyhow.. …So what you burnt should be fine…It your drive says dual layer on it , it just means it is capable of burning dual layer disks also, which all newer drives are ..