sn0wl Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Just to make sure; can DVD(-) drive read (+) dvds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Most DVD players (home) can play DVD + and - they do need to be finalised first though to watch anything. Computer DVD players, can read both and they don't need to be finalised. DVD-RAM needs a DVD-RAM capable reader which normally means having a Multi burner, with a Multi burner you can burn DVD + and - as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sn0wl Posted October 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 I have a DVD-RAM drive on my Toshiba and it's a (-) drive. Nero disc info tool and manuals state I can only read/write (-) media. I tried empty (+) media just in case and it didn't recognise it. So as far as I know (-) drives can only work with (-) and (+) drives can only work with (+) unless they are multi (+-). However I just realized mine can read dvd (+) as well and wondering if that is usual or not. I can't write (+) btw as stated above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 I have a super-multi drive that burns everything. You may have DVD - Burner that can also burn DVD-RAM. Not being able to burn DVD + is no loss as DVD - is a wider accepted media and will work in all DVD + drives, although not always the other way round. DVD + is a little more advanced but doesn't always work in older DVD players where DVD - most likely will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sn0wl Posted October 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 But why all manuals and info tools say that mine cannot read + media then? Mine is a dvd-ram drive as Windows and specifications state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Manuals are often wrong on that regard. There will be very few DVD - drives that can't read DVD + I have CDRW combo drive it can read both DVD + and - If you have a DVD cable reader it will like (99%) be able to read both formats. There might be less chance of reading RW and DL disks of the opposite format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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