Difference between DVD-R and DVD+R?

[mikeh420]

Greetings all...

What's the difference between DVD-R and DVD+R discs? I tried to overburn a DVD-R and it's asking for a DVD+R. does the +R have more capacity or is able to be overburned?

TIA

[roadworker]

Credits to AZImmortal,1 of dvdrbase's supermods:

dvd+r offers a few advantages over dvd-r without having any disadvantages (when dealing strictly with the technical aspects of the formats themselves):
1) base recording speed of 2.4x, whereas with dvd-r u may have discs that can only burn at 1x or 2x---->this is not the case anymore,since speed specs are changed--rw
2) lossless linking
3) support for DVD+MRW
4) certain dvd+r writers allow changing of the booktype of the dvd+rs that it writes to "DVD-ROM," essentially making the disc identify itself as a pressed dvd; there are some dvd players that have the hardware capability to play recordable dvds but will refuse to play them if they're identified as so

the non-technical drawbacks are that:
1) dvd-r is slightly more compatible with hardware devices than dvd+r, which is rapidly becoming a non-issue as hardware manufacturers support both formats; being able to change booktype from dvd+r to dvd-rom also levels things a bit
2) dvd+r is slightly more expensive than dvd-r (which will probably change as well)

[Voodoo]

Thanks Roadworker, some handy info there.

Cheerz
Dave

[Dijital]

I'd also like to add the DVD-R can hold slightly larger capacity than DVD+R