What Is The Difference Between DVD-R And DVD+R?

DVD-R is a recordable DVD and this was developed by Pioneer during the year 1997. It is supported by most DVD players.  A DVD-R has a larger storage capacity as compared to a CD-R.

Initially the capacity of the DVD-R developed by Pioneer was 3.95 GB but now it typically has a capacity of 4.7 GB while the CD-R had a capacity of 700 MB. During 2005, Pioneer developed dual layer DVD-R that had a capacity of an 8.54 GB.

A DVD+R is an optical disc which can be writable only once. It has a storage capacity of 4.7 GB which is slightly less storage capacity than the DVD-R (4.7 GB). This was developed by few corporations jointly during the year 2002. These corporations called themselves DVD+RW Alliance. DVD-R and DVD+R formats are competing against each other. Since the The DVD+R was not developed by the DVD Forum, it has not been approved by the DVD Forum. The DVD forum does no accept the DVD+R as an official DVD format.