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I have just bought a dvd recorder went with a Lite On 5005.It was available and cheap !
but it records on either DVD - or + so is one better than the other or what ?
I rejected the Panasonic because of the RAM discs thinking it sounded very like the VHS & Betamax senario. So what is the deal with + & - the lite on plays either.
Also if I want to record a series, [I work night duty] do I have to use a new disc for every episode since I do not have a hard drive, or is there a way to format it under chapters which would alow me to record more than one episode per disc.

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rejected the Panasonic because of the RAM discs thinking it sounded very like the VHS & Betamax senario
Discounting the Panny from your choices is a personal thing, but you deffo dismissed it for the wrong reasons.
Betamax was always better and only failed because Sony wouldn`t allow them to be rented at first. Long story, but Beta was far superior and sony marketing ballsed it up.

- format discs are more compatible with other standalone players. For playback on your own recorder, all discs will give basically the same result.
If you don`t intend to use RW media of any format, then you may kick yourself at a later date.

Oh, and that`s not to say the LiteOn is a bad unit, just aint my cup of tea :D

Jimbo : oÞ (goddammit I really need to get this Panny up on Ebay or summat! Lol)

Using an DVD-RW or +RW, if you have the time left on the disk it will append the new show onto the disk. If not enough time, it will over-write the old program. If you have the appropiate options set.

Country Boys Can survive!

8) Thank You both for your replys.
I realised that the Panasonic probably was a better system, but as you pointed out so was betamax. I was intending to use RW, but from a very laymans point of view the + & - are quite confusing, I need to go with what will allow me to use it on a number of machines. sometimes it feels as though the manufactures set out to deliberately make life difficult.
Of course really it is all about making money isn`t it ? Regions 1, 2, 3,etc. I rest my case. Now all I have to hope is that the instructions aren`t written in gobble d gook.
Otherwise I will need to update my course on gibberish.
Thanks for the assist.

Ageing Hippy

I currently own a Pioneer dvr 108 and the older 104. I have always used and will continue to use Minus R media.

The Panny is perfectly happy with purple Ritek dvd-r discs at a little over 20p a pop.

And it is supremely flexible with ram discs.

There seems to be a misconception that the panny only records to ram.

Just how reliable and expensive are dvd rw discs?