Still you can buy DVD-RW for 90p a time, they are best bargain out of all the formats.Ĭlick to expand.But it does and, I have to say, I thought I explained it rather well in my initial post. Of course the snag is DVD-RW is only supported by one expensive recorder, so is hardly an option for most people. Also Pioneer with their release of their dual-writer (A06) have said to improved the re-writeabilty of DVD-RW by up to 10 times, so in best circumstances you could see 10,000 rewrites on new hardware, more than enough for most people. In contrast both DVD-RAM and DVD-RW provide near their rated number of rewrites as the file system they use is designed to work the whole disc evenly.
Disc errors are a constant problem on the Philips machines and you would be lucky to get 100 rewrites without problems. You will get nowhere near a 1000 rewrites on +RW. However big snag with +RW, the cost for making compatible discs as the Philips machine does means the Table of Contents are held on the same part of the disc and are constantly updated. This is true, however if 1000 re-writes is enough to take you through the life of the format, then paying a premium for something you will not use is money down the drain. It would akin to releasing a DVD recorder with a HDD and DVD-R only - it would make the media look limited. This is not so with DVD-RAM (which is essentially a HDD) and DVD-RW (which has a VR mode). If you add a HDD next to a DVD+RW then the limitations of the former would become very, very apparent. For better or worse DVD+RW has no editting facilities.
There are of course the 'political issues' - DVD+RW is a linear format. Data must be handled in blocks and burnt to the disk rather than frame by frame of the other formats. Instead of a simple, basic formula it becomes a complex non-uniform process. This adds additional buffers, correction links as well as block burner which means the whole conversion process becomes alot more complicated. Where DVD+RW comes unstuck is the Mt Reiner techology. This is a simple non-processor intensive task well suited to set top boxes. Now converting from this to DVD Video is easy because all you have to do is compensate for the buffer files that pad the audio (hence why people have lip sync problems if doing a simple demultiplex from an editted RAM disk) and divide up the MPG element of the. It works by a directed link from frame to frame meaning parts can be cut out, i.e. It is designed to be as close to DVD Video file format only all in one container file as opposed to the 1GB VOB files. VRO file format - the same format used in DVD-RW (VR Mode) and DVD-RAM. I am not a big fan of their DVD players to be honest.Ĭlick to expand.HDD technology basically works using the. High end Panny HS2 well until the Tosh comes out and people play with it and find it to be better.īut personally I have doubts the Tosh will be better. I have to agree with Rasczak I am afraid. Which is a shame.īascially for the Money the Panasonic set top recorders offer the best value for money at the moment although as with every piece of kit you buy there are some compromises.
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It really is a major pain that you cant lend ram discs to friends and family or edit them on the vast majority of PC DVD writers.īut the Philips units build quality and reliability put me off so for me there recorders are a non starter at the moment. Ram is nice for time slip if you dont have a HD based recorder (And yes I do actually use this feature) but its total lack of compatability with existing and future DVD players mean it has no chance of becoming the DVD re writable standard. And +RW is definately the best in terms of re recordable at the moment if you consider backwards compatability cost and quality of media etc.Īnd I have the Panny E50 which writes to -r & Ram although I do have a +R based PC DVD Recorder. Personally I still believe +R to be the better format in terms of right once.
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