dvd+r

[fairkatrina]

I have an oldish DVD player, but it won't play DVD+Rs. Will I have to buy another machine that's compatiable with this more modern technology? It's really frustrating!

[aurelia]

my older DVD player was like that and it broke last year but was still under guarantee as it had a 3 year guarantee with it. I bought a new one for around �24 from Asda and it plays all formats

[curlyfilm]

my asda �20 one is better than my sony oone which cost hundreds a few years ago

[romko]

welcome to the wonderful world of dvd with its mixed 'standards' and incompatibilities.
i suggest you look at the boxes of machines in a local electroncis store to check compatibility before buying. check they accept rewritable (RW) formats as well just in case.

[parkesquay]

Here is the answer that you are looking, for especially in the section titled 'recordable DVD formats'.
I give you fair warning though that reading this will give you a headache:

http://emusician.com/recording/emusic_dvdr_wor ld_options/

[fairkatrina]

Bless you all for your help. I'm not normally a technophobe, but it gets sooooo irritating when you invest in new technology only to have it replaced 6 months later! It makes me want to return to the dark age lol.

[parkesquay]

Just to let you know that you are not alone in your frustration. I recently recorded some sport on a DVD RAM disc but my friends couldn't get it to play. After some investigation I found that if their machines don't cater for RAM discs then it won't show what is recorded.
And there was I thinking that modern technology was supposed to make life easier.