Audit trail dogs DVD+RW drive manufacturers

Numerous readers have contacted us pointing out that we were overly kind to DVDR+W drive manufacturers yesterday when we said they didn't seem to have specifically advertised that their products would be upgradable to be able to write DVD+R media. Well actually, yes they did.

Packaging for the Philips DVDRW 208 specifically boasts that "this Ultimate [now presumably penultimate] recording solution also makes CD-RW and CD-R as well," and archives "up to 4.7GB on DVDR+W or DVD+R discs." The DVD+RW alliance also ran a FAQ on the subject up until September of last year, at which point it was "disappeared":

Full story at The Register USA