Disc Type Description - Samsung VP-DC563 Owner's Instruction Book

Getting to Know Your DVD Camcorder

Disc Type Description

Disc Type
Mode
Capacity
Formatting a new disc  page 41
Recording page 43
Rewrite
Playback on other DVD Players
(Finalize  ) page 80
Playback on other DVD Recorders
Additional recording after finalisation (Unfinalize)
page 79
Editing page 71
Reusing a disc by formatting  (Format) page 78
 You must format a new disc before recording on it.
 When loading a DVD-RW disc you must format it in Video or VR mode.
 When loading a DVD+RW disc you must format it.
 We cannot guarantee that you will be able to play back in all other manufacturer's DVD Camcorders, DVD Players/
Recorders, or PC's. For compatibility information, please refer to the manual of the device you wish to play back on.
 Discs must be finalised before they can be played on standard DVD Players/Recorders.
Refer to the page 12 for Finalised disc compatibility.
 You can play back DVD+RW discs on DVD Players/Recorders without finalising them.
DVD+RW discs do not need to be Finalised/Unfinalised.
 When formatting a recorded disc, the data recorded on the disc is deleted and disc capacity is restored, enabling you to
re-use the disc.
DVD-R (8cm)
–
1.4G
Auto
O
X

O
 page 80 O
X
X
X
DVD+R DL (8cm)
– VR (Video Recording)
2.6G 1.4G
Auto
O O
X O
O X
O O
X O
X O
X O
ENGLISH
DVD-RW (8cm) DVD+RW (8cm)
Video
1.4G
O 
O
O
O
O
O
X
O
 O: possible / X: not possible / -: not needed
–
1.4G
O 
O
O
O

O 
–

X
O
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