If you want to do some recording on the DVD player, you must first know what to buy for your specific DVD player. These blank CD’s or discs are specially formatted to fit different types of DVD players. I’m not sure if there is a more common format to record on or not. What you don’t want to do is get to the store and guess which one to buy. Even though you may have a 50 percent chance of getting it right, it will more than likely be the wrong kind, since you do have a 50 percent chance in getting it wrong. So please check your DVD player or the manual to see which format your DVD player records in. You may have one that will record in both formats, but it seems most of the ones I see only use one format to record in.

The Maxell DVD +R in the purple picture is a “plus” formatted disc. Make sure you see where the plus symbol appears on the package, so you will be able to recognize the blank discs you’re buying for your DVD player. The Maxell DVD -R in the blue pack are the ones that have the minus symbol on them and they will only work in DVD players that record in that format.

It’s great to record things on DVD players. These recordings last much longer than the old-style of VCR recordings on the VHS tapes. It really isn’t that expensive and if you buy your blank CD’s on sale at a electronics store or online at a place like Buy.com; you might even see it is cheaper to record on DVD’s than the VCR tapes. The quality of your recordings look better on DVD too, so if you’re still recording on the VCR, its time to make a change to the DVD player. Just make sure you know which blank discs to buy for the DVD player you plan to record on. You can also save a little money, if you will buy in bulk on these blank DVD discs.