Today’s DVD burner market has been saturated with so many formats it makes the VHS versus Betamax war seem like a frolic in the park. Currently, the market is supporting DVD -R/RW recorders, DVD +R/RW recorders, DVD -R/+/RW recorders, DVD +R DL media recorders, and DVD -RAM recorders. When DVD recorders first came out, the recorders burned to the DVD -RAM format. By far the oldest format on the market, it had been relegated to archiving solutions at best as system and OEM manufacturers went with first the DVD -R format, and then the DVD +R format. Today, most DVD recorders on the market support either the DVD -R/RW or DVD +R/RW format. Many support both formats. Dual support occurred in part to alleviate some of the confusion brought to the consumer by the manufacturers in their quest to determine which format was the best format for consumer needs. DVD -RAM was just not marketed to compete with these other formats, and in the meantime, the DVD +R DL 8.5GB formats hit the market, further bringing confusion to the marketplace. Read the rest of this entry »
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