Quick Guide To Dvd Disc Types - Sony RDR-VX500 Operating Instructions (RDRVX500) Operating Instructions Manual

Quick Guide to DVD Disc Types

Recordable and playable discs
Type
DVD+RW
VR
mode
DVD-
RW
Video
mode
DVD+R
DVD-R
Usable disc versions (as of June 2004)
• 4x-speed or slower DVD+RWs
• 2x-speed or slower DVD-RWs (Ver.1.1, Ver.1.1
*1
with CPRM )
• 4x-speed or slower DVD-RWs (Ver.1.2, Ver.1.2
with CPRM)
• 8x-speed or slower DVD+Rs
• 8x-speed or slower DVD-Rs (Ver.2.0)
10
Icon used
Disc
in this
Logo
manual
+
RW
- RW
VR
- RW
Video
+
R
- R
Formatting
(new discs)
Automatically
formatted
*2
Format in VR mode
(page 43)
Format in Video
*2
mode (page 43)
Automatically
formatted
Automatically
formatted
"DVD+RW," "DVD-RW," "DVD+R," and "DVD-R,"
are trademarks.
*1
CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable Media) is
a coding technology that protects copyrights for
images.
*2
Unused DVD-RWs are formatted in VR mode
automatically.
*3
Erasing titles only frees up disc space if you erase the
last title.
*4
Erasing titles does not free up disc space.
Compatibility with other
DVD players (finalizing)
Playable on DVD+RW
compatible players
(automatically finalized)
Playable only on VR mode
compatible players (finalization
unnecessary) (page 44)
Playable on most DVD players
(finalization necessary)
(page 44)
Playable on DVD+R compatible
players (finalization necessary)
(page 44)
Playable on most DVD players
(finalization necessary)
(page 44)