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#1 atrevda

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Posted 16 February 2007 - 07:45 AM

What type of DVD disc should I use when burning movies and pics that will be compatible with most DVD players?

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Posted 16 February 2007 - 07:47 AM

View Postatrevda, on Feb 16 2007, 09:45 AM, said:

What type of DVD disc should I use when burning movies and pics that will be compatible with most DVD players?

Use whatever your DVD burner likes.
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Posted 16 February 2007 - 09:59 AM

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What type of DVD disc should I use when burning movies and pics that will be compatible with most DVD players?

To add to what GPB said. I have a settop DVD player that won't play any RW media at all. So check your owners manual for that. It does play -R, +R, and +R book type changed to DVD-Rom. Your burner has to support book type setting for the +R change.

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Posted 16 February 2007 - 10:46 AM

-R's are the most compatible especially with older set top players.

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Posted 16 February 2007 - 01:29 PM

Actually you may have to burn one of each (DVD-R and a +R) to see what your player likes

I've a cheap and cheerful one here that plays anything I feed into it (even RWs) but my sister in law's top end machine is as picky as anything over what it accepts.

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