[AV Media Matters]

[Ted Chapple <tchapple@rochester.rr.com>]

Bob,

Thanks for your input regards Apple's Superdrive.  My understanding is
that DVD-R general doesn't deal with encryption at all so if you are
just archiving your own videos there are no encryption issues.  I take
it that also means that if you wanted to copyprotect your videoes
against unauthorized reproduction you can't do that using Apple's
Superdrive and DVD-R general media.

Reading the recent posts regarding DVD-R authoring and DVD-R general
still leaves me confused.  My question for which there is probably no
good answer is this.  Does it make sense to archive onto DVD-R general
or is DVD-R general an inferior consumer media that is too unproven to
take a risk on even though cost wise it is very appealing?  I would like
to hear from anyone that is doing this or considering doing it.

Ted Chapple