Originally Posted By: Dignan
True, though isn't the competition pretty much over at this point? DVD-R basically won out because after a point the drive manufacturers all started supporting both standards, and because DVD-R blank media has always been less expensive, even if only marginally, consumers bought those discs.

From what I can tell, both standards are still widespread and neither of them seem to be going away any time soon. Both are officially endorsed by the DVD organisation as well.