DVD+R for recording?

[WazMeister]

Hi all

I seem to always go for the cheapest 100 pack of DVD-R to record backup files or episodes I watch.

Latest batch I've bought seem to give me alot of tea coasters or take a good 10 mins and alot of grinding noise to load in my dved player.

I'm putting it down to the cheap DVD-R i have bought.

I don't want to go spend loads money on DVD-rs that watched once and thats it though.

Whats a good brand/quality of DVD recordables for recording to to play in my dvd player.

Any sugestions?

Thanks

[Hohum]

Have you tried burning them at a slower speed? I personally don't burn any DVDs over 4x speed, regardless of their supposed max speed, as it's far more reliable. That, and I'd rather not lose my data due to the discs becoming unreadable a few months later.

[WazMeister]

always do 4, even tried 2.

Still dodgy

[Hohum]

I'd prolly go for:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=ME-011-VB

Go for a small spindle to test, in my opinion. You can read about the difference between dvd-r and dvd+r here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD%2BR

There are a number of significant technical differences between the "minus" and the "plus" format, though most users would not notice the difference. One example is the DVD+R style ADIP (ADdress In Pregroove) system of tracking and speed control being less susceptible to interference and error than the LPP (Land Pre Pit) system used by DVD-R, which makes the ADIP system more accurate at higher speeds. In addition, DVD+R(W) has a more robust error management system than DVD-R(W), allowing for more accurate burning to media independent of the quality of the media. Additional session linking methods are more accurate with DVD+R(W) versus DVD-R(W), resulting in fewer damaged or unusable discs due to buffer under-run and multi-session disks with fewer PI/PO errors.

General consensus seems to be that DVD+R is noticeably more reliable, but may not work on an older DVD player.