"Mr. Smith" <spamtrap@mrsmith.com> wrote in message
news:v82Yc.106735$TI1.76403@attbi_s52...
> OK, I got the specs on the DVD drive. It is a Toshiba SDR2102. According
to
> the manufacturer's specs it is:
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> DVD-ROM (DVD-5, DVD-9, DVD-10, DVD-18), DVD-R (read), CPRM
> non-correspondence
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> The DVD I made is DVD-5, disc type is DVD+R. Should I assume from the
above
> that the Toshiba player can read DVD-R only? (its not clear to me why the
> specs say DVD-ROM and then DVD-R)
>

DVD-ROM discs are all pressed media, whereas DVD-R are obviously burned, and
if it only claims to support -R media, there is a good chance it will not
read +R media.