cdfreaks article: DVD+ and DVD- to "all abt the benjami

[VEFF]

Regarding the DVD+ and DVD- "war", cdfreaks (article Ian posted link to)arrives at the same conclusion that many of us had thought:

It is all about the money (cost of discs and burners).

They determined that hardware was very similar and so was playback compatibility, leaving only the monetary factors as the major differences...

They also said that this isn't (may not be) like Betamax and VHS, where one format eventually took over the entire market, partly because of the existence of dual DVD burners.

As far as I am concerned, I will be happy if BOTH formats survive, because:
1) it leads to competition, which drives down prices and is an impetus for technology to improve quicker

2) One of my two DVD burners "only" records to one format, so I would like that format to be around for a while.

(I only bought the 2nd burner (also 4X) because it was only $139 back in February after rebate and discounts. I figured that I could burn at 2X on both at the dame time, effectively burning at 4X, and actually save more money than the cost of the burner, by using 2X name brand media until name brand 4X media becomes cheaper).
Otherwise I would have either just kept one burner, or bought another dual burner.

[liteoncrasher]

On the one hand, I agree with you regarding the hope that both formats survive. But on the other hand, I'm going to be sitting this competition out. At first I thought I'd be buying a DVD+/-RW when they got down to $99 but now that blu-ray is coming and can supposedly read CDs and DVDs too, I'll wait for those.

Besides, I don't NEED a DVD+/-RW...

[vbl117]

If you would only use your DVD burner for copying DVD VIDEO , yes there is no real differences between DVD-R/-RW and DVD+R/+RW . But for archival purposes , easy of use it would not be the same . Also i know archival needs that DVD burners will fulfill , doesn't exists yet at this time ( but who knows if in one year ? I m bored to buy many cd to store/move data , if i could put it in one DVD+R or even DVD+RW multisession DVD , it could be fine ) .
If a Blue Ray burner costs 3000 dollars now ( i am wrong ? ) , you ll have to wait a lot of years to buy one .

[burninfool]

I have a Sony DRU-500A(-R/+R) and all I use is -R media due to price and DVD player compatibility.As for Blu-Ray it will be at least 2 years before the players will be affordable and so far no manufactuers have plans for an internal/external burner,I think Blu-Ray will be a fringe market as TIVO is now.

[vbl117]

I have a Sony DRU-500A(-R/+R) and all I use is -R media due to price and DVD player compatibility.
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I m not talking about older or actual DVD burners or DVD VIDEO burning ( it seems to me that DVD+R/DVD+RW is more in more compatible with DVD players , i can be wrong ) , i am talking about near future .
For data burning purposes next generation DVD+R/+RW burners ( think of incoming Ricoh DVD+R/DVD+RW burner with ability to burn multisession DVD+R ) will be the better choice . I think some customers as me will not burn ONLY DVD VIDEO .