DVD-R - Very important question. MUST READ

Iraqi_guy

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Wed Jul-09-03 04:14 PM
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DVD-R - Very important question. MUST READ

I just read on Best Buy's website...regrading almost all of the DVD players that say DVD-R playback (almost all had this capability)....it said not all DVD-R's can be played back on DVD-R compatible DVD players. Call manufacturer. What!?
Does anyone know anything about this?

Here's my important question....I walk into best buy....I buy normal human DVD-R discs.....I make a copy of my DVD using a normal human DVD copy program (we'll assume its DVD X Copy). How do I know if it will play in my DVD-R compatible DVD player?

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T Roosevelt

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Wed Jul-09-03 04:03 PM
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1. Some DVD recorders use different formats

All DVD players should read the standard, pre-made discs, but many are incompatible with some of the DVD-R formats in use. Remember Beta vs VHS?

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Iraqi_guy

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Wed Jul-09-03 04:16 PM
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5. "but many are incompatible with some of the DVD-R formats in use."

yeah....thats sort of what my question was.....
can you elaborate?

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Kahuna

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Wed Jul-09-03 04:05 PM
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2. Well... Your DVD player's specifications which are included

in the manual let's you know what its playback formats are. Just like CD players. Right? Just guessing here.

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kixot

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Wed Jul-09-03 04:06 PM
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3. Answer:

In order to find out if it is compatible with your DVD player you will first open your DVD player and gently place the DVD-R into it. Then you will close the DVD player with the DVD-R in it. Next you press play on the DVD player. If the DVD is played and the video and audio are presented with satisfaction, you will know that the DVD-R is compatible with your DVD player. If the DVD does not play with satisfaction then the DVD-R is not likely compatible with your DVD player. :silly:

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Iraqi_guy

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Wed Jul-09-03 04:16 PM
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4. well...problem

I haven' bought the dvd player yet. thats why i posed this question. I want to know ahead of time if the dvd player will play normal human dvd-r discs.

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Ready4Change

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Wed Jul-09-03 05:10 PM
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9. You need to put that into laymens terms.

Like this:

"To see if your DVD player is compatible with your DVD writer, just take a DVD you've written and try playing it in the DVD player. If all you hear is a lot of cussing, they aren't compatible."

:)

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Ready4Change

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Wed Jul-09-03 05:14 PM
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10. Ok, that was flippant. For real, now...

This issue of not-quite-compatibility is something that's still holding back the universal adoptation of DVD-R's today. The best way to ensure compatibility is to get DVD Writers and Players made by the same company, and even THAT isn't a sure bet.

The BEST thing to do is buy your player and/or writer from a place with a decent return policy.

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thermodynamic

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Wed Jul-09-03 04:25 PM
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6. Check this out

http://www.dvdrhelp.com/dvdplayers.php (excellent reference site!)

Of course, my model (JVC XV-501BK) is claimed not to be able to play DVD+R discs but can play DVD-R discs; I found the opposite to be true. Even these lists, which try hard, are not perfect. You've got to get a test disc to find out for certain.

Get somebody who can make a test disc (DVD-R and DVD+R) and/or find out if your player is compatible.

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Spirochete

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Wed Jul-09-03 04:34 PM
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7. There is at least one DVD writer out

that can write either in DVD+R(RW) and DVD-R(RW) format. That might be the way to go, if a standard isn't adopted soon, which it doesn't look as if it's going to be.

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UAWONE

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Wed Jul-09-03 04:41 PM
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8. Sony

The one that handles them all is Sony. I would stick with DVD + formats,

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