adterrasperaspera.com — One of the hardest things to is actually find good media, or even understand why it is good media. This article focuses on the history of Compact Discs, writable CD/DVD media, and why DVD+R is superior to DVD-R. If you want to just know what media is worth buying, skip to the summary at the bottom.
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Closed AccountDec 4, 2006
Interesting article. What caught my eye was your username... D2 is probably the lowest form of mindless-clicking, which is way I probably play it.
afx1Dec 5, 2006
See those funny links to the media he "recommends" at the bottom? Those are Commission Junction affiliate links.
mydiggloginDec 5, 2006
"DVD media cannot use gold due to design issues"Really? What about the MAM-A Gold DVD-Rs?<a class="user" href="http://www.datamediastore.com/goardv.html">http://www.datamediastore.com/goardv.html</a>
curlednoodlesDec 5, 2006
meh, the writer sounds like a spokesman for Taiyo Yuden. Buried as SPAM
lethalgeekDec 5, 2006
Wow, No.Quality of a compressed video stream is dependant on bandwidth, the encoder, and the decoder, and DAC in whatever player your using (less you have a DVI/HDMI connection, then it's the display's).The physical media format of a DIGITAL video has nothing to do with quality. The same video will come off a HDD, DVD-R, DVD+R, USB drive, or whatever media has the capacity for the information.
gundamDec 5, 2006
Verbatim uses TY and Mitsubishi.
bitgodDec 5, 2006
That's the first time I've ever seen anyone say +R media is superior. I've always read in tests that -R is slightly more universally compatible between players. Maybe that's just not the same as the article's points, but that'd what I always used as a rule of thumb.
fractalhorizonDec 12, 2006
This article has a very well written argument in favour of DVD+R over DVD-R for archival purposes. My personal practical experience is somewhat contrary to this theory - I generally find DVD-R to be a lot more compatible, more reliable to burn and produce considerably fewer coasters. That said, Taiyo Yuden is definitely the way to go.