David Barnett

"Ed" <loom@alphalink.com.au> wrote in message
news:48b72dcc$1@news.comindico.com.au...
> Hi all,
>
> Just got a dvd recorder & am confused about which is the better to use,
> +RW
> or -RW discs, the player can handle both, I'd be wanting to use it for
> pretty
> basic stuff, at least to start with, recording shows from TV to watch and
> mostly erase to use again, I've trawled a lot of sites but the information
> seems to go
> into a whole lot of tech stuff without just putting out simple basic info
> &
> unconfusing definitions. Much appreciate any feedback, thanks.

I prefer -RW discs as they are IMHO more easily editable, at least on my LG
DVD Recorder. Also, for instance, if there are say 3 titles on a disc,
deleting the first title does not free up extra space, as it does on a -RW
disc - deleting the last title does.
However, I have been using TDK discs, and none of my other machines,
including my LG Player! seems to like them, at least most of the time.
I was told by a LG technician that I should be using Sony discs, but they
seem to be unavailable in my area.

So reluctantly I am using +RW discs in my LG Recorder, so that if necessary
I can use any of them in my other units.
When I use a +RW disc in a Panasonic recorder I can only get 3 speeds to FF,
whereas a
-RW disc, when readable by the Panasonic, gives 5 speeds.

Finally, I would suggest you try both and see what you like best.
--
David Barnett

Chops

On Sep 2, 6:25*am, "David Barnett" <dbarn...@nospam.com> wrote:
> "Ed" <l...@alphalink.com.au> wrote in message
>
> news:48b72dcc$1@news.comindico.com.au...
>
> > Hi all,
>
> > Just got a dvd recorder & am confused about which is the better to use,
> > +RW
> > or -RW discs, the player can handle both, I'd be wanting to use it for
> > pretty
> > basic stuff, at least to start with, recording shows from TV to watch and
> > mostly erase to use again, I've trawled a lot of sites but the information
> > seems to go
> > into a whole lot of tech stuff without just putting out simple basic info
> > &
> > unconfusing definitions. *Much appreciate any feedback, thanks.
>
> I prefer -RW discs as they are IMHO more easily editable, at least on my LG
> DVD Recorder. Also, for instance, if there are say 3 titles on a disc,
> deleting the first title does not free up extra space, as it does on a -RW
> disc - deleting the last title does.
> However, I have been using TDK discs, and none of my other machines,
> including my LG Player! seems to like them, at least most of the time.
> I was told by a LG technician that I should be using Sony discs, but they
> seem to be unavailable in my area.
>
> So reluctantly I am using +RW discs in my LG Recorder, so that if necessary
> I can use any of them in my other units.
> When I use a +RW disc in a Panasonic recorder I can only get 3 speeds to FF,
> whereas a
> -RW disc, when readable by the Panasonic, gives 5 speeds.
>
> Finally, I would suggest you try both and see what you like best.
> --
> David Barnett

I used to be a -RW supporter as I found they were more compatible when
moving from machine to machine. I've switch to +RW though 'cause I
have found that to burn a single show or file off the PC to watch in
the lounge is MUCH quicker with +RW media .,.... I think it's because
it doesn't have to write the whole disk for a small file.

Chops