Quick Guide to Disc Types
Recordable and playable discs
Type
Disc Logo
VR
mode
Hard disk
drive
(internal)
Video
mode
DVD+RW
VR
mode
DVD-RW
Video
mode
DVD+R
DVD+R DL
VR
DVD-R
mode
DVD-R
Video
DL
mode
Icon used
Formatting
in this
(new discs)
manual
Select "Video Mode
Off" in "HDD
Recording Format"
(page 120)
HDD
Select "Video Mode
On" (default) in
"HDD Recording
Format" (page 120)
Automatically
formatted in +VR
+
RW
mode (DVD+RW
VIDEO)
Format in VR mode
- RW
VR
(page 31)
Format in Video
- RW
mode (page 31)
Video
Automatically
formatted in +VR
+
R
mode (DVD+R
VIDEO)
Format in VR mode
(page 31)
Formatting is
- R
VR
performed in the
"Format" setup
(page 42).
Automatically
formatted in Video
- R
Video
mode
Compatibility with other
DVD players (finalising)
Dub HDD contents to a
DVD (VR mode) to play
on other DVD players
Dub HDD contents to a
DVD (Video mode) to play
on other DVD players
Playable on DVD+RW
compatible players
(automatically finalised)
Playable only on VR mode
compatible players
(finalisation unnecessary)
Playable on most DVD
players (finalisation
necessary) (page 40)
Playable on most DVD
players (finalisation
necessary) (page 40)
*1
Playable only on DVD-R
in VR mode compatible
players (finalisation
necessary) (page 40)
Playable on most DVD
players (finalisation
necessary) (page 40)
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