New iMac superdrive DVD+R ???

I noticed in the tech specs of the new iMacs, the superdrive is "DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW".
Is DVD+R better than DVD-R ? Whats the difference?

I might be in the wrong forum, but what the heck. I have a similar problem. I have a two week old 17" PowerBook G4 with the new Superdrive that writes in DVD-DL. Anyway, I backed up a ton on data from a variety of computers I had around here (20 Dual-layer DVDs) by copying and pasting data to the DVD-DLs using the finder in Tiger. They work fine on the PowerBook but will not play on a 1st generation 20" iMac G5 (1.8 GHz, 1GB SDRAM, running 10.3.9) with a Superdrive. It just spits them out. I thought that older Superdrives could play (but not write to) DL DVDs. Any suggestions on how I can get them to play on older Macs with Superdrives (i.e. 867MHz PowerMac G4 Quicksilver, Flat Panel iMac G4s, and 1st generation iMac G5s)? I just noticed that the DVDs I used were Verbatim DVD+R DL, could this be why they will not play in older Superdrives, perhaps I should have used DVD-R DL?
Thanks

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