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Re: They Lied About Those DVD+RW Discs Dave 05-12-2008
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Posted by Dave on May 12, 2008, 8:04 am

>J wrote:
>
>> Word is that full discs do not need to be erased. In other words, you
>> can record a TV program over the contents of a full +RW disc.
>>
>> Didn't work for me.
>>
>> So how *do* your erase a +RW disc? Thanks
>
> If you're talking about for a DVD recorder, somewhere there's an erase
> function, that'll erase the entire disc, without your having to record
> something over it.

It's called "initialize". Essentially, the disk needs to be formatted. But
they call it initialize, as sometimes you can choose more than one format
option. Somewhere in the menus for the dvd recorder, there will be an
option to initialize the disk. There SHOULD be an option to finalize the
disk, also. -Dave


Posted by Mark Lloyd on May 12, 2008, 1:03 pm

>
>>J wrote:
>>
>>> Word is that full discs do not need to be erased. In other words, you
>>> can record a TV program over the contents of a full +RW disc.
>>>
>>> Didn't work for me.
>>>
>>> So how *do* your erase a +RW disc? Thanks
>>
>> If you're talking about for a DVD recorder, somewhere there's an erase
>> function, that'll erase the entire disc, without your having to record
>> something over it.
>
>It's called "initialize". Essentially, the disk needs to be formatted. But
>they call it initialize, as sometimes you can choose more than one format
>option. Somewhere in the menus for the dvd recorder, there will be an
>option to initialize the disk. There SHOULD be an option to finalize the
>disk, also. -Dave

I know that on my DVD recorder (Phillips) "erase" is something
different from "format", as it is in computer CD/DVD burning software.
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Posted by DerbyDad03 on May 12, 2008, 3:40 pm
>
>
> >J wrote:
>
> >> Word is that full discs do not need to be erased. =A0In other words, yo=
u
> >> can record a TV program over the contents of a full +RW disc.
>
> >> Didn't work for me.
>
> >> So how *do* your erase a +RW disc? =A0Thanks
>
> > If you're talking about for a DVD recorder, somewhere there's an erase
> > function, that'll erase the entire disc, without your having to record
> > something over it.
>
> It's called "initialize". =A0Essentially, the disk needs to be formatted. =
=A0But
> they call it initialize, as sometimes you can choose more than one format
> option. =A0Somewhere in the menus for the dvd recorder, there will be an
> option to initialize the disk. =A0There SHOULD be an option to finalize th=
e
> disk, also. =A0-Dave

I don't have a DVD recorder, so I'm jumping in cold here...

What I'm hearing is that you can't erase an hour of a crappy
basketball game and replace it with a CSI re-run, right?

You would have to format the entire DVD and start over?

Posted by Dave on May 12, 2008, 6:00 pm

I don't have a DVD recorder, so I'm jumping in cold here...

What I'm hearing is that you can't erase an hour of a crappy
basketball game and replace it with a CSI re-run, right?

You would have to format the entire DVD and start over?


(snip)

Ummmm, if you are talking about a stand-alone DVD recorder box, then the
answer is yes.

On a computer you can burn a DVD "multisession" so that if you had leftover
space you could use that space later.

If they make a DVD recorder that can do multisession, I haven't seen it.
That function would best be DISABLED on stand-alone consumer boxes anyway.
Otherwise, the only player you could use the disk on would have to be one
that is in a personal computer. What good is that?

But this isn't a big deal. DVD +/-RW media can be "burnt" something like a
thousand times, and I think I paid like a buck a piece for my last pack of
10, which I thought was expensive, at the time. :)

I've had some disks that have been recorded every week or two and are about
18 months old now, still going strong.

So if you have to erase the entire disk and start over, who cares?
:) -Dave




Posted by on May 12, 2008, 10:51 pm

>
>I don't have a DVD recorder, so I'm jumping in cold here...
>
>What I'm hearing is that you can't erase an hour of a crappy
>basketball game and replace it with a CSI re-run, right?
>
>You would have to format the entire DVD and start over?
>
>
>(snip)
>
>Ummmm, if you are talking about a stand-alone DVD recorder box, then the
>answer is yes.
>
>On a computer you can burn a DVD "multisession" so that if you had leftover
>space you could use that space later.
>
>If they make a DVD recorder that can do multisession, I haven't seen it.
>That function would best be DISABLED on stand-alone consumer boxes anyway.
>Otherwise, the only player you could use the disk on would have to be one
>that is in a personal computer. What good is that?
>
>But this isn't a big deal. DVD +/-RW media can be "burnt" something like a
>thousand times, and I think I paid like a buck a piece for my last pack of
>10, which I thought was expensive, at the time. :)
>
>I've had some disks that have been recorded every week or two and are about
>18 months old now, still going strong.
>
>So if you have to erase the entire disk and start over, who cares?
>:) -Dave
>
>

Every one I have seen does multisession. You can keep adding stuff
until the disk is full or you "finalize" it. That is a setup option.


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