Sith

Is it only the latest home DVD players that will read +R? Burnt a DL +R disk to use and neither home player will play it.

GC8

Try it in your computer using a software player; its more likely to be a mastering error than a compatability problem. The practical differences between the two formats are negligible, DVD+RW is superior for DVD-Video recorders though.

johnfelstead

The more modern players are pretty good at any format, the older ones will normally play DVD-R OK but can struggle with DVD+R. You can sometimes get firmware upgrades for your player to make them more compliant with more of the formats.

Take a look at http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers.php? and do a search for your player, it will show you which formats should work on your player.

16vmarc

My Wharfedale plays em and ive had it around 5 years...

johnfelstead

Lucky you.

16vmarc

It appears the only thing it wont play is RCEs

Sith

John, handy website. It's as I thought, will play +R but not +R DL.

Chip

Most Philips machines will surely play +R as it is their format I think.

Chip

johnfelstead

http://www.videoguys.com/DVDformat.html