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.

It certainly was a terrible step for disc authoring though. It created a lot of confusion and a lot of incompatibility, especially with what home theater DVD players could support, which seemed to always be different.

Oh, and I like LG drives too.