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maxvamp

macrumors 6502a
Sep 26, 2002
600
1
Somewhere out there
Abandonment?

I spoke with an A/V engineer at work this morning and he said that the industry is abandoning the minus format in favor of the plus. He said that as a result, we'll NEVER see minus go faster than 4X.

You should ask your friend when the the +RW forum joined the DVD standards body?

I doubt that your friend will be right so long as the plus group refuses to join the 'real' DVD consortium.

Max
 

JGowan

macrumors 68000
Jan 29, 2003
1,766
23
Mineola TX
Re: Support for DVD-RW

Originally posted by Ptpiz
So, will panther support DVD-RW so that i can finally fix my mistakes without wasting precious DVDs??
Well, I have been using CompUSA branded DVDs and have been having perfect results and they are CHEAP!

25DVDs = $24.99
50DVDs = $44.99

I've had the DVD burner for almost 2 years, but have rarely used it because I was afraid to use anything other than Apple DVD media, but as it has been so dang expensive, just didn't utitlize the DVD burner much at all... Now, I am burning DVDs like crazy.
 

benixau

macrumors 65816
Oct 9, 2002
1,307
0
Sydney, Australia
BTW - dun no if its been mentioned but there is a notable development in the +RW camp:

+R/RW 9 - dual layer burning. This is a very bl00dy good reason to support the +R/RW standard.
 

Abraxsis

macrumors 6502
Sep 23, 2003
425
11
Kentucky
OK I now have my +R/RW drive and I burned a back DVD on a +R disc and my new Powerbook 12" running 10.2.8 mounted and read it just fine. I was even able to play a quicktime trailer from the +r disc. I also tested the same disc in an 867 15" TiBook and it also worked fine. So this leads me to believe that perhaps Panther will integrate +R/W WRITING into the OS. Just a thought.
 

legacyb4

macrumors 6502a
Aug 13, 2002
707
434
Vancouver, BC
So the Matsu****a UJ-816 does support DVD+R discs in the new Powerbooks? I assume you are using Toast to burn the discs?

Guess I'll have to give it a try...

Cheers.

Originally posted by Abraxsis
OK I now have my +R/RW drive and I burned a back DVD on a +R disc and my new Powerbook 12" running 10.2.8 mounted and read it just fine. I was even able to play a quicktime trailer from the +r disc. I also tested the same disc in an 867 15" TiBook and it also worked fine. So this leads me to believe that perhaps Panther will integrate +R/W WRITING into the OS. Just a thought.
 

docpsycho

macrumors member
Apr 18, 2003
57
0
California
the + support

but as the latest trend will show it will be for apple firmawre supported devices. the aftermarket get the short end of the stick again. sorry suckers....(all the i book and non superdrive equipped units out there)
 
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