DVD Burning

hi,

As a matter of interest, what format are commercially available DVD's
(movies) - DVD +r, DVD -r, DVD-ram (or DVD +rw, DVD-rw, i think not though)?

Which is the best format to use, dvd+r, dvd-r, dvd-ram?

thanks,

Sanjay Mehta : )

Whichever your standalone DVD player supports best!
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging



"sanjay" wrote in message
...
hi,

As a matter of interest, what format are commercially available DVD's
(movies) - DVD +r, DVD -r, DVD-ram (or DVD +rw, DVD-rw, i think not
though)?

Which is the best format to use, dvd+r, dvd-r, dvd-ram?

thanks,

Sanjay Mehta : )

hi cari,

i will be grateful if you could be more specific and elaborate on your
answer to my question. your answer is very general in view.

thanks sanjay mehta

"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

Whichever your standalone DVD player supports best!
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging



"sanjay" wrote in message
...
hi,

As a matter of interest, what format are commercially available DVD's
(movies) - DVD +r, DVD -r, DVD-ram (or DVD +rw, DVD-rw, i think not
though)?

Which is the best format to use, dvd+r, dvd-r, dvd-ram?

thanks,

Sanjay Mehta : )

There is no 'better' format... you need to find out what your standalone DVD
player supports.. or which format the majority of DVD players that you
intend to use the disk on support.

www.videohelp.com has a great database for finding out exactly which player
supports which format.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging



"sanjay" wrote in message
...
hi cari,

i will be grateful if you could be more specific and elaborate on your
answer to my question. your answer is very general in view.

thanks sanjay mehta

"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

Whichever your standalone DVD player supports best!
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging



"sanjay" wrote in message
...
hi,

As a matter of interest, what format are commercially available DVD's
(movies) - DVD +r, DVD -r, DVD-ram (or DVD +rw, DVD-rw, i think not
though)?

Which is the best format to use, dvd+r, dvd-r, dvd-ram?

thanks,

Sanjay Mehta : )

None of the above. They use a totally different method of producing the
discs to the burning which we as consumers have.
As Cari says, the best one for you to use is the one that works in your dvd
player, but other things can make a difference, like make of disc, encoder
settings, encoder, burner, burning app, whether you stick a label on the
disc......

--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com


"sanjay" wrote in message
...
hi,

As a matter of interest, what format are commercially available DVD's
(movies) - DVD +r, DVD -r, DVD-ram (or DVD +rw, DVD-rw, i think not
though)?

Which is the best format to use, dvd+r, dvd-r, dvd-ram?

thanks,

Sanjay Mehta : )

hi,

so what format are commercially available dvd movies dvd+r, dvd-r or dvd-ram?
since they readily play on my dvd player and my LG combi dvd-rom/cdrw! the
commercially available dvd's must have a one universal format?

thanks
sanjay mehta

"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

There is no 'better' format... you need to find out what your standalone DVD
player supports.. or which format the majority of DVD players that you
intend to use the disk on support.

www.videohelp.com has a great database for finding out exactly which player
supports which format.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging



"sanjay" wrote in message
...
hi cari,

i will be grateful if you could be more specific and elaborate on your
answer to my question. your answer is very general in view.

thanks sanjay mehta

"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

Whichever your standalone DVD player supports best!
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging



"sanjay" wrote in message
...
hi,

As a matter of interest, what format are commercially available DVD's
(movies) - DVD +r, DVD -r, DVD-ram (or DVD +rw, DVD-rw, i think not
though)?

Which is the best format to use, dvd+r, dvd-r, dvd-ram?

thanks,

Sanjay Mehta : )

Commercial Hollywood movies are in DVD-video format and are replicated,
not duplicated. This means they have 100% compatibility with all DVD
players (Google to see the diff between replication/duplication if you
are interested).

To burn a DVD disc with the highest compatibility with consumer DVD
players, you should be using DVD-R.

So, go DVD-R and burn only on high quality media. Most people who author
seriously tend to use Taiyo Yuden (Fuji), Maxell, Verbatim or Ritek discs.

Note though, even DVD-R, unlike replicated Hollywood DVD's, is not 100%
compatible, there's no guarantee your DVD-R will play on every single
player (but it should play on most).

Hope this helps.


MB

i do i know if i can burn dvds on my pc it says dvd r/rw does that me it will?


"Mb" wrote:

Commercial Hollywood movies are in DVD-video format and are replicated,
not duplicated. This means they have 100% compatibility with all DVD
players (Google to see the diff between replication/duplication if you
are interested).

To burn a DVD disc with the highest compatibility with consumer DVD
players, you should be using DVD-R.

So, go DVD-R and burn only on high quality media. Most people who author
seriously tend to use Taiyo Yuden (Fuji), Maxell, Verbatim or Ritek discs.

Note though, even DVD-R, unlike replicated Hollywood DVD's, is not 100%
compatible, there's no guarantee your DVD-R will play on every single
player (but it should play on most).

Hope this helps.


MB

kevnbarb wrote:
i do i know if i can burn dvds on
my pc it says dvd r/rw does that
me it will?
=====================
Sounds like a burner to me...
why not give it a try?

BTW...it should burn CDs also.

--
John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

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