[JTWise]

DVD+R here. Only reason I "choose" it over other formats is that what Dell was offering as a free upgrade to a CD burner when I bought my new system.

I will tell you that the different formats are a pain. I know a few people that use DVDRs and have tried to do bulk DVD purchases to save some $$, but it always seems that they have a drive that only supports DVD-R. :evil:

[JTWise]

DVD+R here. Only reason I "choose" it over other formats is that what Dell was offering as a free upgrade to a CD burner when I bought my new system.

I will tell you that the different formats are a pain. I know a few people that use DVDRs and have tried to do bulk DVD purchases to save some $$, but it always seems that they have a drive that only supports DVD-R. :evil:

[Ed Hansberry]

Can't vote. According to Gateway's site, the FMC901X is a "DVD±RW/±R/CD-RW recorder" so it shouldn't matter.

[Janak Parekh]

Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry

Can't vote. According to Gateway's site, the FMC901X is a "DVD±RW/±R/CD-RW recorder" so it shouldn't matter.

But... which media do you buy for the unit?

--janak

[Ed Hansberry]

Originally Posted by Janak Parekh

But... which media do you buy for the unit?

Whichever is cheaper.

[dean_shan]

I use DVD-R. I have a Pioneer burning.

[Jerry Raia]

I use - with my dual format sony drives. Seems I make fewer coasters using that format. Dont know why. I just do data, no video.

[Suhit Gupta]

Originally Posted by Lasher

I use - with my dual format sony drives. Seems I make fewer coasters using that format. Dont know why. I just do data, no video.

What software do you use?

Suhit

[Jerry Raia]

Roxio Creator 6.0

[ux4484]

Well, I couldn't resist, OfficeMax has a 8x all formats burner for 69.99 (after rebate) this week, so now I've got a Micro-Advantage everything burner (made by Top-G). Biggest transition was switching from RecordNow(Stomp) to Roxio. Roxio uses a bit more resources than RecordNow, but has much better DVD features.
Best surprise...was that Roxio 6 can see my Dazzle DVD creator as an input sourse for grabbing video (not all my video apps can). It is actually closer to real time on the preview screen than the bundled Dazzle apps... so much so that I now don't need to use a seperate (input) monitor when transferring VHS video. It's a nice little package. I'd been avoiding Roxio since the 5.0 fiasco (where they had 5 different pre-install patches depending on your burner and OS). I'm happy to see they've got it together now.

[Rikostan]

I got a sony buner just for this reason. It will burn all of the main formats, so I don't have to worry about it.
I normally use -Rs though because that is what my normal DVD player will recognize.