Quick Guide To Disc Types; Recordable And Playable Discs - Sony RDR-HXD870 Operating Instructions Manual

Quick Guide to Disc Types

Recordable and playable discs

Type
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
10
Icon used
Disc Logo in this
manual
HDD
+
RW
- RW
VR
- RW
Video
+
R
- R
VR
- R
Video
Formatting
(new discs)
Select "Video Mode
Off" in "HDD
Recording Format"
(page 128)
Select "Video Mode
On" (default) in
"HDD Recording
Format" (page 128)
Automatically
formatted in +VR
mode (DVD+RW
VIDEO)
Format in VR mode
(page 28)
Format in Video
mode (page 28)
Automatically
formatted in +VR
mode (DVD+R
VIDEO)
Format in VR mode
*1
(page 28)
Formatting is
performed in the
"Format" setup
(page 40).
Automatically
formatted in 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 37)
Playable on most DVD
players (finalisation
necessary) (page 37)
Playable only on DVD-R
in VR mode compatible
players (finalisation
necessary) (page 37)
Playable on most DVD
players (finalisation
necessary) (page 37)