That assumes that the device still works.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 7:55 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: Low cost backup
> But it shouldn't be of any concern to disks you have burned yourself
> exclusively for backup vs distribution to others. If you have the
> device that burned the disk you should be able to read it back.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Winsor Crosby wrote:
>> Thanks. I missed that.
>>
>>
>>
>> Winsor
>> Long Beach, California, USA
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On May 14, 2008, at 11:41 AM, Robert Burnette wrote:
>>
>>> There is a caveat mentioned in the Wikipedia article regarding the -
>>> R versus +R media and the ability of some older players to handle
>>> the +R format.
>>>
>>> "As of 2007, the market for recordable DVD technology shows little
>>> sign of settling down in favor of either the "dash" or "plus"
>>> formats, which is mostly the result of the increasing numbers of
>>> dual-format devices that can record to both formats; it has become
>>> very difficult to find new devices that can only record to one of
>>> the formats. However, because the DVD-R format has been in use since
>>> 1997, it has had a five-year lead on DVD+R. As such, older or
>>> cheaper DVD players (up to 2004 vintage) are more likely to favor
>>> the DVD-R standard exclusively, and when creating DVDs for
>>> distribution (where the playing unit is unknown or older) the DVD-R
>>> format would normally be preferable."
>>>
>>> Shouldn't make a difference with newer devices.
>>>
>>> Robert:
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 21:23
>>> Subject: [OM] Re: Low cost backup
>>> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>> I don't know this supplier but this is the right brand
>>>> (Mitsui/MAM-A)
>>>> <http://www.mediasupply.com/mamgold.html>
>>>>
>>>> Also, when you buy media buy the +R instead of the -R. All
>>>> CD's and DVD's have a horrendous error rate compared to a hard
>>> < drive and make extensive use of their voluminous ECC bits. The
>>>> +R format is simply more robust in the ECC department.
>>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD%2BR>
>>>>
>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>
>>>
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