DVD or CD

[drmac]

I have always used a regular CD-R to put pictures on.... I went to the store last night and the sales person said DVD would be better... Price was about the same.

What is the difference and which is better?

[The Moose]

DVD for sure. A regular CD only has 700MB of space, where a regular DVD has 4.7GB.

[DStanic]

The only reason I buy CDs nowadays is incase I want to make a music CD. DVDs I find are usually cheaper (when I buy a 50pack spindle). For pictures and particularly if you want to backup RAW files DVDs will be much better.

[drummerhc]

I would rather use CDs because DVDs have way shorter lifespan. I don't keep RAWs, so space is not an issue.
I have pictures on two different hard drive and burn out the ones that I think are more important.

[RDKirk]

If the space is not an issue, the manufacturers do tell us that their CDs are more stable than their DVDs.