"Tony Morgan" wrote in message
...
In message , John Russell
writes

DVD+OR DL works in four of them. Needless to say, I use it for my
own
stuff
and archiving data - not delivery to customers.


So editing longer videos to multiple single layer disks is the safest
option, from a compatibility standpoint?

I was thinking of getting a dvd player which states recordable dual
layer
compatible, or more likely a standalone DVD recorder as a safer bet.
There
is little point if I still have to produce a multiple disk version
whenever
I want to send or take a video somewhere else!

There's also the issue of cost. My DVD-R/DVD+R blanks work out at 12p
each (I use the printable kind). It's hard to find DLs for less than
£1 each.

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Tony Morgan

Sorry for picking up this thread so late, but Dual-Layer prices are
coming down at present. This for example:

http://ukdvdr.co.uk/shop/Datawrite-FF-Printable-**Dual-Layer**8x-DVD+R-25-tub-pr-19158.html

still about 6.3 times the price Tony quotes for his single layer and
still with the compatibility issues. I have used
ukdvdr for DVD cases as well as dual-layer FF printables where a project
is too big to fit a single-layer DVD. but that is for my own use on a
Panasonic standalone DVD player which takes them without problems. I
puchased a tub of ten RiDisc and have only used a couple out of them so
far, but when I bought about six months ago the unit price was about
£1.40 as I recall. I suspect that prices will continue to fall with the
advent of greater capacity discs than DVD-R9 provides, to cater for
HD-TV, and producers trying to recoup their investment in DVD-R9
production lines.

Mike Hardy

"emmaitch" wrote in message

Sorry for picking up this thread so late, but Dual-Layer prices are coming
down at present. This for example:

http://ukdvdr.co.uk/shop/Datawrite-FF-Printable-**Dual-Layer**8x-DVD+R-25-tub-pr-19158.html

still about 6.3 times the price Tony quotes for his single layer and still
with the compatibility issues.

There's the problem. The easiest way to compare DVDR prices is price per
gigabyte, and each reader will have their own threshold where the extra for
dual layer is worth the added capacity and convenience. However, until the
compatibility issues are sorted, that threshold is moot.

Personally, I'd rather give a two-disc boxset than a DL DVDR. Customers
think they are getting more value that way )



Mike Hardy


Hehe - the Hardys are coming...