[Dvdrtools-users] Re: DVD+RW -- bigotry in web sites ...

[Julián Muñoz]

Well, I think that industry decisions are more than respetable, in fact it
is interesting to see and try to understand them (in this case I have no
idea why this standard splitting happens, so I'd be very happy to be
ilustrated :-)


But what is sure is that from the end user point of view and for its
benefit, the more devices and standards are supported by Linux, the
better, and for this it is good that all the Linux developpers work in a
coherent and "synergic" way.


Don't you think ? :-)

Julián





But from the Linux point of view, its clear that

The fact is


On 11 Aug 2002, Bryan J. Smith wrote:

> On Sun, 2002-08-11 at 07:35, Julián Muñoz wrote:
> > I've found this
> > http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/
>
> I personally love the 'tudes that fly in such sites:
>
>     "Of course customers will also complain by that player
>      manufacturer (in this case Toshiba) because all competitor
>      drives can play those discs and they can not. People will
>      not like that kind of attitude."
>
> First off, I know many Sony/Philips players that won't play Pioneer
> DVD-RW disks too.  I understand the DVD-RAM format is "too complex" for
> simple consumer players (see below), but they should at least support
> DVD-RW which was designed very similarly.
>
> Secondly, let us not forget that Sony/Philips first "broke off" from the
> consortium to create a non-standard 3GB DVD+R/W drive in 1999 that never
> became viable (sold outside the US), while the DVD-RW standard was being
> drafted.  And even after DVD Consortium DVD-RW standard appeared, S/P
> decided to move to their own 4.7GB DVD+RW format.
>
> Lastly, the fact that Sony/Philips did not support the established and
> "universal" DVD-R record format really shows they didn't care at all.
> I'm sorry, you're not going to get very far by pointing the finger in
> one direction.
>
> Yes, I know the original DVD-RAM rewrite standard wasn't a "consumer"
> format, but DVD-RW is.  Understand DVD-RAM did finally "unite" the
> various, proprietary optical archiving standards out there, and produce
> a very good, long-term rewritable standard.  It lasts orders of
> magnitude longer than CD-RW, DVD-RW and DVD+RW, hence why it was
> introduced almost 7 years ago (and not very "consumer" compatible).
>
> Ask anyone who's gone to a CD-RW disk that is a few years old and found
> various blocks that are corrupted.  DVD-RW and DVD+RW have the same
> issues.  There is a reason why DVD-RAM is designed like it is, and
> companies that support it prefer it.
>
> -- Bryan
>
>