combo drive doesnt read dvd+r?

[lazyboy922]

I have a few data discs that i burned on my pc. My mac will not read them. I heard somewhere that the powerbook (it's a combo drive) will only read dvd-r's and not +r's. is this correct? I have some files that i would like to put onto my mac, and would like to know if i can just burn them on my pc and still be able to use them with my mac. I was also looking into the external lacie dual dvd+-rw drive for my mac that runs about $250. any input? thanks!

[wrldwzrd89]

All Mac CD/DVD drives experience this problem due to lack of support in the Mac OS for DVD+(anything). There were some rumors previously of this situation changing with the release of Panther, but this appears to not be correct. What this means is that ALL DVD+(anything) discs will NOT work in ANY Mac until Apple adds support for these kinds of discs to Mac OS X. I can't help you on buying that DVD burner, though.

[johnnyjibbs]

I'm not sure if Panther did have that feature or not. But, as wrldwzrd89 said, you need both a drive that supports it (don't think default powerbook drives do) and the OS software support.

[lazyboy922]

Thanks for clearing that up for me guys

[lbodnar]

I have put Sony DRU-510 DVD±RW drive in my eMac and now use DVD+RW exclusively. I burn and erase them right from the Finder.

I did a test with iDVD version 2 (very old one) and it refused to create a DVD disk out of DVD+RW. However DVD-R was no problem. This must be Application-specific, and not related to OS support.

I use Panther 10.3.2