[Dvdrtools-users] Re: DVD+RW -- bigotry in web sites ...

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Sun, 2002-08-11 at 07:35, Julián Muñoz wrote:
> I've found this
> http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/

I personally love the 'tudes that fly in such sites:

    "Of course customers will also complain by that player
     manufacturer (in this case Toshiba) because all competitor
     drives can play those discs and they can not. People will
     not like that kind of attitude."

First off, I know many Sony/Philips players that won't play Pioneer
DVD-RW disks too.  I understand the DVD-RAM format is "too complex" for
simple consumer players (see below), but they should at least support
DVD-RW which was designed very similarly.

Secondly, let us not forget that Sony/Philips first "broke off" from the
consortium to create a non-standard 3GB DVD+R/W drive in 1999 that never
became viable (sold outside the US), while the DVD-RW standard was being
drafted.  And even after DVD Consortium DVD-RW standard appeared, S/P
decided to move to their own 4.7GB DVD+RW format.

Lastly, the fact that Sony/Philips did not support the established and
"universal" DVD-R record format really shows they didn't care at all. 
I'm sorry, you're not going to get very far by pointing the finger in
one direction.

Yes, I know the original DVD-RAM rewrite standard wasn't a "consumer"
format, but DVD-RW is.  Understand DVD-RAM did finally "unite" the
various, proprietary optical archiving standards out there, and produce
a very good, long-term rewritable standard.  It lasts orders of
magnitude longer than CD-RW, DVD-RW and DVD+RW, hence why it was
introduced almost 7 years ago (and not very "consumer" compatible).

Ask anyone who's gone to a CD-RW disk that is a few years old and found
various blocks that are corrupted.  DVD-RW and DVD+RW have the same
issues.  There is a reason why DVD-RAM is designed like it is, and
companies that support it prefer it.

-- Bryan

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