Listen, I dont call myself a newbie when it comes to tech. and/or Computers, but when it comes to DVDs and doing anything at all exept geting them at Blockbusters to them, I am NEW!

What the hell is the difference between DVD- and +?
Does that affect me if I have AnyDVD and Nero 6?

Help

Ok, thanx for the info.
But what kind of dipshit reason do you suppose there is for this?
Feels like were talking about Beta. ver. VHS.......
MAKE S**T COMMPATIBLE!!!!

well again, thanx

I wondered what was the best for me to get when I was looking at a burner. It was a toss up between DVD-RW and DVD-/+RW for me.

My reasons for picking what I did were based on money, availability of media, cost of media, and compatibility with my burning software and my hardware. My choice ultimately was based on 1 simple fact... Apple used the Pioneer SuperDrive as their internal DVD-RW mechanism, and since they supported it, that is what I went with.

I don\'t think it really matters for the most part, esp if you use a Windoze machine, because the drive will do the trick either way for you.

Just make sure that it can do what you want it to do. Example, if you plan on backing up your HD to DVDs, make sure that say in a year or 2 that the backup will still work in whatever DVD drive you have. Or if you make DVDs to give to friends of game demos you have DLed, it needs to work for them on their respective DVD player or burner. If you make video DVDs, you need to be able to play them in your home player, etc.

I doubt that you could go wrong with a DVD-/+RW drive ultimately. And since they are all priced so well now, the investment isn\'t nearly as important as the intended useage and compatibility.

imho