Talk:DVD+RW

message: This article is missing any information that helps understand the difference between the + and - variants
Pemboid (talk) 08:40, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Difference between DVD+RW and DVD-RW

message: Surely there should be some mention of the DVD+RW standard's inability to correctly make widescreen anamorphic recordings from widescreen anamorphic broadcasts, e.g. from digital set top boxes. (This may be more of an issue in Europe). This does seem to be a major oversight in the standard.
This article not focused on the +RW issue at all it’s a general review on DVD
not true!!!!!!!!!!!!
:This is not correct.  DVD+RW supports widescreen in exactly the same way as DVD-RW.  The difference lies purely in the way the disc is written to.  
:You may have been mislead because some hardware manufacturers (notably Toshiba and Matsushita) did not condone the existence of the '+' variant of the media and initially didn't support it at all and later supported it in a half hearted way.  Current generations of Panasonic DVD recorders are deliberately crippled so that they will not correctly record widescreen video onto DVD+R and DVD+RW discs. 86.135.31.128 (talk) 18:40, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Widescreen

message: Just to say that this information has been here since 2006 without citation and it is just fine. It gave me the information I needed and seeing the note threatening it added to my ongoing doubts as to whether demanding citations on everything is really needed. Perhaps having an expert in the field sign off on the entry would be as good or better. The Britanica asked experts to write their entries and it showed great utility for longer than Wiki has existed. Just a thought.Henrysteinberger (talk) 19:09, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Somewhat late in the day but: Wikipedia requires that all material is properly cited by a verifiable reference (See WP:VERIFY).  It is the editor adding the material's responsibility to cite the material (See WP:BURDEN).  Any editor is free to delete anything that is not properly referenced.  Indeed, one editor that I am aare of does nothing else, frequently deleting 50 to 60 unsourced points at a sitting (and has actually contributed no new material whatsoever). 109.153.242.10 (talk) 17:24, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  No need for citation here 

message: Don't know if this should be included but I've found that most DVD+RW and DVD-RW discs are incompatible with normal DVD players i.e. those installed in a TV, a stand-alone DVD player or those found as part of a DVD system in a car but not the actual DVD recording system it originated from. If anyone has experienced this and we can reach a consensus I'd like to suggestion a section on incompatibilities which states such. Rosie, Queen of Corona (talk) 20:09, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: There are no real incompatibilities as such.  It's just that a few manufacturers did not like the fact that DVD+RW was developed and for many years refused to make equipment that supported it.  Indeed one manufacturer, made their DVD video players such that they deliberately checked to see if the inserted disc was a recorded DVD+RW video disc, and if it was, feigned an inability to play it.  In fact, the difference between DVD-RW and DVD+RW lies purely in the way that they are recorded.  From a purely playback point of view, they are identical.  86.135.31.128 (talk) 18:46, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Imcompatibilities 

message: The intro states that a dvd+rw can store up to 4.7 GB. I own several dual layer dvd+rw that can store approximately 8.5 GB.--Dvd-junkie (talk) 06:28, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: AFAIA, no dual layer RW media has hit the market - yet.  Indeed: Googling 'DVD+RW DL' only turns up references to a specification but no actual discs for sale.  Also, very few DVD drives claim to support dual layer rewriteable media.  Even my brand spanking new Blu-ray drive only supports single layer rewriteable media (for both read and write). 86.135.31.128 (talk) 18:52, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

text: STOP PRESS: I am advised that a few RW DL discs did hit the market, but that manufacture has virtually ceased due to lack of sales (and compatible drives).  It may be that there are still some stock languishing about. 86.135.31.128 (talk) 18:54, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  What about DVD+RW 8.5? 

message: After several years of drives being capable of writing DVD+RW faster than 4x speeds, only very recently has media faster than 4x hit the market. Why the very long delay? Memorex, Verbatim and Imation are the only 8x brands I've found. Bizzybody (talk) 22:09, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Faster than 4x media.