Quick Guide To Disc Types; Recordable And Playable Discs - Sony RDR-HX910 Operating Instructions Manual

Quick Guide to Disc Types

Recordable and playable discs

Type Disc Logo
Hard disc drive
(internal)
DVD+RW (digital
video disc-
rewritable,
plus RW)
DVD-
VR (Video
RW
Recording)
(digital
mode
video
disc-re-
writa-
Video
ble,
mode
minus
RW)
DVD+R (digital
video disc-
recordable,
plus R)
DVD+R DL (digital
video disc-
recordable, plus R,
double layer)
DVD-R (digital
video disc-
recordable,
minus R)
"DVD+RW" (digital video disc-rewritable, plus RW), "DVD-RW" (digital video disc-rewritable, minus RW),
"DVD+R" (digital video disc-recordable, plus R), "DVD+R DL" (digital video disc-recordable, plus R, double layer),
and "DVD-R" (digital video disc-recordable, minus R) are trademarks.
8
Icon used in Formatting
this manual (new discs)
(Formatting
HDD
unnecessary)
Automatically
formatted in +VR
+
RW
(Video Recording)
mode
Format in VR (Video
Recording) mode
- RW
VR
(page 31)
*1
Format in Video mode
- RW
(page 31)
Video
Automatically
+ R
formatted
Automatically
- R
formatted
Compatibility with other DVD
(digital video disc) players
(finalizing)
Dub HDD (hard disc drive)
contents to a DVD (digital video
disc) to play on other DVD
(digital video disc) players
Playable on DVD+RW (digital
video disc-rewritable, plus RW)
compatible players
(automatically finalized)
Playable only on VR (Video
Recording) mode compatible
players (finalization unnecessary)
Playable on most DVD (digital
video disc) players (finalization
necessary) (page 41)
Playable on most DVD (digital
video disc) players (finalization
necessary) (page 41)
Playable on most DVD (digital
video disc) players (finalization
necessary) (page 41)