Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
"it doesn't make sense to not use them. "

Except that a lot of players won't read them.

Quality sacrifices are unacceptable, given the cost of DVD players. Why would anyone settle for a lesser "Archival edition" under any circumstances? I'd buy players until one worked, given the low cost of DVD players these days. That is if this were even an issue...

There is only an issue with players that REFUSE to play them. Also, if they don't work, they were not burned "the right way".

The +R format has the EXACT reflective qualities of retail DVDs. Only players that refuse (or are confused by) anything other than the DVD-ROM flag will have issues. Of course there is a fix, if you have a burner that has something called "bitsetting" you can instruct Nero to lie and report the disc as a DVD-ROM rather than DVD+R (DL).

Bitsetting is something unique to the +R format as the -R format has DVD-R pressed onto the disc at the factory.

Ben