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what is the difference between all these formats of disc that i have? which one or ones are best for recording movies on them?
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the dash ( - ) and the plus ( - ) DVD formats but the plus format has a slight few advantages.
This link will offer you DVD media formats 101 - http://netforbeginners.about.com/cs/multimedia/a/DVD_explained.htm
"+rw" is erasable.
Meaning you can write to it and erase it and then write to it again.....etc.etc.
"+r" or "-r" is NOT erasable.
Meaning you can write to it until it's full or until you close it.......then it becomes read only.
Best for movies?.......beats me......never recorded a movie.
I'm thinking that movies are quite large......which means you might want to think about "double layer disc".
I don't think "rw" comes in double layer.
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