My daughter has just bought a new Philips Iqon PC with the Philips DVD drive: PBDV1640P. Presumably the speed is 16x. But can anyone tell me whether she needs DVD+R discs or -R? We can't find any info relating to this in the paperwork she got with the PC.
This has been asked and answered many times. There is another open thread about the same thing not far below this one. I suggest you use the search function. It really depens on your set up and situation. Dvd-r is more compatable with 3 year or older set top dvd players than dvd+r but dvd+r can be booktyped dvd-rom (dvd-r can not) and dvd-rom is the most compatable format. Your phillips drive is an oem benq and is capable of bitsetting/booktyping. I am a fan of dvd+r media because of it's ability to be booktyped dvd-rom and I also feel it is the better technology. Here are some good reads. http://www.cdfreaks.com/article/113 http://www.cdfreaks.com/article/150 Mort
Use this free handy tool to find actual model # of your phillips. I have a hunch it could be a rebadged benq-1640. Also tell us the firmware version on it. This is a handy free tool and it also ID's the blank media for us along with your firmware version: http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_tools/dvd_identifier.cfm I'm with mort, That burner may be able to booktype the plus format to dvd-rom. You could also try a small batch of dash media and test both formats on the standalone/s,pc drives,p2s,and any other drives that those backups will play in. Make sure it is quality media,none of the cheap crap/TDK plus format/HP/And memosux. If any of those players don't like a certain format,They will give you a no disc inserted type of error.Go with the format that the majority of those players accept from that burner.
