Re: [Hampshire] DVD rewriters

Thanks, James. Very helpful.

Lisi

On Sunday 04 Feb 2007 10:48, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> On 04/02/07, hantslug@??? <hantslug@???> wrote:
> > Thanks, Vic. I'm afraid that my original email was ambiguous. I meant
> > which are the better blank DVDs to buy?
> >
> > Lisi
>
> It depends what you want to do with them. DVDRAM are the most
> reliable, but are normally expensive and don't work in many devices.
> DVD+RW is the next most reliable for data.
> We purchase Verbatim Datalife DVD+RW at work for backup purposes. Some
> of the Verbatim Datalife DVD+RW range are guaranteed for 20 years.
> If you wish to write to a DVD to play on a DVD player, the most
> compatible media is DVD-R.
> Modern DVD players can also read DVD+RW media, so DVD-R might not be
> necessary