VCR tape to DVD

[Net Llama!]

On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 16:39:52 -0800
> "Net Llama!" <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
>
> > ok, that's a bit different than saying that there are various standards
> > for DVDs.  this is dvd recording standards.
>
> No. There are different standards. Matthews point that a single DVD will be
> able to read its own creation is correct. However, a different brand may
> not, as it may use the other standard. As a minimum, get a player that
> supports both standards.
>
> For movie DVDs, look at:
>
> 	http://www.dvdsite.org/
>
> Look for the 'Format Wars' section:
>
> 	http://www.osopinion.com/perl/printer/19159/

then why is it that commercial DVDs play on any DVD player?

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