DVD Media +/- Superdrive

[maxvamp]

Real (old ) info..

MacRand, First off, Thank you for all of the very good research.

I only wish there was a way to put a permanent link on Macrumors to this thread, as this question comes up in a new thread almost every week.


In this thread, there was a lot of ' My experience was.... ' . There is a great site dedicated to this exact topic.

For those interested, try going to


dvdrhelp .

They used to be cdrhelp.com, and when I am shopping for a new drive, I generally go there to see what new drives are the most compatible and reliable.

One final note... DVD+R can be made as compatible as DVD-R in some recorders. They actually do this by recording on the disc in the same fashion as they would a minus disc.


Max.

 

[Declan]

Well i used to be DVD-R/RW fanatic but actually have found DVD+R/RW to be better in most instances, and now all DELLs ship with the + format expect this to be the winner, i have spent many (to many) hours researching this, and in all cases make sure your drive supports both but for me its +RW, because 1, in seems to be more reliable full stop and 2, if it screws up it can be rerecorded. Well thats my 2 pennies worth..

 

[srchurch]

Can the superdrive on a pb write (and rewrite) DVD-RW?

Is there a difference between the superdrives on the G5's and the powerbooks? I know that apple does not officially list any of the superdrives as being able to record to DVD-RW.

I have also heard that using toast, you can write to any of the 4 DVD formats on a superdrive including on a powerbook superdrive: DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW. It is just iDVD that does not support anything but DVD-R. Does anyone have experience with this. I don't have a mac yet, but am ready to buy a powerbook as soon as I know what the limitations of the superdrive is. I am glad I found this site, this is a great forum and I will probably become a longtime user once I get my pb!