I was in the same boat as you were.... LiteON and Plextor are both good brands.... I went with a DVD+/-RW.... does
DVD+R
DVD-R
DVD+RW
DVD-RW
CD-R
CD-RW
as far as what the difference is? Has to do with details regarding the way it is burned... I did some searching previously, but failed to find anything (in ENGLISH) documenting the differences between the + / - formats...