Louis M Hall wrote: >My DVD player, located elsewhere in the home, doesn't appear to be = >capable of reading DVD+RW or DVW+R discs. It seems +RW and+R are either = >newer, or a less propogated than -RW and -R play capabilities on DVD = >players. So, this is telling me that I will not get >the benefit of 8X speed of DVD+R discs produced with the Optorite = >DD0401. This means that I will be producing DVD-RW at 2X speed and DVD-R = >at 4X speed. I'll study later as to the feasibility of Direct X software = >for my fooling around plans with the new hardware. > >My question to you kind people. Does what I have stated above make = >technical sense? >If not, I'd best get back to my research towards playing around and = >converting some family VCR tapes to CD's as well as create backup for a = >few movie DVD's. > > > Check out the DVDs players at Circuit City. I just bought one for $37 that has played everything I have thrown at it. It plays -,+, jpg, mpg, vcd. It may be cheap, but if it last a year it would be worth the $37 Pc 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.