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I guess what I take offense to or maybe a better term would be expetion to is your overall statement: "DVDminus burners are definitely not recommendable". As if there is something patently wrong with the "minus" format -- where there is not.
As I've said before, I don't care what format someone buys, but the buyer must do their research. The question must be asked, what do you want to do with a DVD burner? I've got no argument that the "plus" format is better in terms of using the drive for general storage -- you can write smaller packets with the "plus" format.
But when if comes to creating DVD movies, that's were conventional wisdom says the "minus" format is the better choice. Why is it when I, as a video professional, send out a project to be burned to DVD (not pressed) for evaluation the production houses all use the "minus" format? They don't even offer the "plus" format as an option. Why is it that Apple choose the "minus" format for the Mac Superdrive? Macs are still the dominent workstation for audio and video professionals -- and Apple wanted to make sure their users would be compatable with standalone players. And as I've pointed out in the past, the "plus" format is backed by the computer peripheral manufacturers (except Sony who tries to please everyone) and the "minus" format is backed by the same companies that make some of the best standalone players on the market.
So I don't stand on one pedistal saying one is better than another -- my concern is who is going to use it and for what. So to say on a general way that one format is "definitely not recommendable" is really not fair.
-Craig
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