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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 06:39:34 -0600
From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com>
To: Ed Alley <edalley@covad.net>
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On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 12:15:33AM -0500, Ed Alley wrote:
> 
> > Andrew Gould wrote;
> 
> > The description of the DVD burner states "DVD+RW".  Are you sure it can
> > burn DVD-R's?
> 
> OOPS ;)
> 
> > Andrew also wrote:
> 
> > A couple of us have experienced difficulties with Memorex media.  Consider
> > testing another brand.
> 
> I feel silly...

Been there, done that!  Welcome to the club.    ;-)

> 
> Well, I went out to Office Max and bought a pack of HP dvd+rw DVDs, tried
> them out and the burner worked perfectly. I promptly burnt 3GB of
> back-up without a problem!!!
> 
> Thanks for the hints. I'm new to DVDs and didn't realize that one DVD
> media is not necessarily the same as another; or the fact that the little
> "-" or "+" on the label means something important. (:->)
> 
>                         Ed Alley
>

Indeed, the devil IS in the details.
 
Best regards,

Andrew Gould