What dvd do i use?

Question

how do i find out what kind of dvd my computer will use support

Answer 1

DVD is DVD.  There is that new Blue Ray thing but most computers take plain old DVDs

Answer 2

Hi Nick,

Some DVDs have than information on the front of the drawer. Look close, I bet yours does. If not check your manual. Almost certainly it will handle either -R or +R.

The DVD+R and DVD-R are competing formats much like the old VHS and Beta formats in video tapes. Today most drives are Hybrid and handle both formats. They are usually labeled DVD+/-R

The market for recordable DVD technology never settled down in favor of either the plus or dash 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 DVD’s for distribution (where the playing unit is unknown or older) the DVD-R format would normally be preferable.

At any rate your computer should use either kind.

Norm

Answer 3

What do you mean? Like DVD -R or DVD+ R, well if its that both should work??