DVD Burning In Europe
 

I'm moving to Germany for a year in a week here, and will be taking my external DVD burner with me. What I'm wondering is are the blank DVDs there the same as here? Do I need to bring a bunch with me? I know the normal DVDs there are a different region, but I don't know anything about (or if it even matters) the DVD-Rs there.

Thanks.

I think they're the same. Is your burner both + and - ? You might wanna look for a region unlocker on the burner.

Yeah, my burner is +/-.

What do you mean look for a region unlocker? Does region matter for burned DVDs?

:) i think i'm qualified to answer this Q

+r's are more common than they are in the US, that's what i usually used.
you do not need to bring any blanks with you.
they are a bit pricier than in the us, as is everything.

a 50-spindle of Platinum dvd+r's will be around 25 euro i think.
quality is decent.

there are also tdk's that are plentiful, but watch out for super-cheap ones.

region codes you should only need to worry about when copying/ripping a dvd, but if dvddecrypter can't handle it, use AnyDVD.

any other Q's i should also be able to answer, if you have any.

oh, and of course you'll need a different power cord for the external, and it'a power supply needs to do 230.

damn.. and here I was thinking it was going to be about piles of crappy movies on DVD being burned....

enjoy!

Haha, thanks SiN. As always, you were most helpful. Glad to hear there's nothing I need to worry about then--I didn't want to have to schlep a bunch of blank DVDs across the ocean.