Hi Louis, Sunday, January 18, 2004, 5:38:25 PM, you wrote: LMH> My DVD player, located elsewhere in the home, doesn't appear to be = LMH> capable of reading DVD+RW or DVW+R discs. It seems +RW and+R are either = LMH> newer, or a less propogated than -RW and -R play capabilities on DVD = LMH> players. So, this is telling me that I will not get LMH> the benefit of 8X speed of DVD+R discs produced with the Optorite = LMH> DD0401. This means that I will be producing DVD-RW at 2X speed and DVD-R = LMH> at 4X speed. I'll study later as to the feasibility of Direct X software = LMH> for my fooling around plans with the new hardware. Yes, DVD+R/+RW is a bit newer. --Scott. Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.