What is a CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, or a DVD-RW disc

I would just like to very simply tell you the different disc formats and what they are used for. We are not going to get too technical as it all just gets too confusing.

CD-R: (Compact disc-recorder) This is a normal compact disc that yo can record information to. Once the disc has been written to it is permanent. CD-R usually hold around 700mb of data
CD-RW: (Compact disc-rewriteable) You can also write data to this compact disc, however this time you can wipe the disc clean and reuse it over and over.

DVD-R: digital Versatile Disc (formally Digital Video Disc) -R was the first DVD to arrive on the scene. A lot of people still use this disc format as their DVD burner drives are only compatible with this type. You can not erase a disc after writing on it. DVD discs usually hold around 4.7gb of data.

DVD+R: Is a newer, more developed DVD disc format which offers a bit more success rate when burning discs. To use these discs. the data is permanently written to the disc.

DVD-RW: This format allows you to erase the data and files from the disc and write more to the disc. Normal home dvd players do not really like rewritable dvd discs.

DVD+RW: You can also re-write onto this type of disc.

DVD+/-R DL: Is a DVD dual or double sided disc. It is not new technology but has only recently been available to the public. DVD movies are often on a dual layer disc. It can hold around 9gb of data.