Quick Guide To Disc Types; Recordable And Playable Discs - Sony RDR-VX530 Operating Instructions Manual

Quick Guide to Disc Types

Recordable and Playable Discs

Disc Type
DVD+RW
VR
mode
DVD-
RW
Video
mode
DVD+R
DVD+R DL
VR
mode
DVD-
R
Video
mode
DVD-
R DL
Usable disc versions (as of February 2006)
• 4×-speed or slower DVD+RWs
• 2×-speed or slower DVD-RWs (Ver.1.1, Ver.1.1
*1
with CPRM )
• 4×-speed or slower DVD-RWs (Ver.1.2, Ver.1.2
with CPRM)
• 16×-speed or slower DVD+Rs
• 16×-speed or slower DVD-Rs (Ver.2.0, Ver.2.0
with CPRM, Ver.2.1, Ver.2.1 with CPRM)
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Icon used
Disc
in this
Logo
manual
+ RW
- RW
VR
- RW
Video
+ R
- R
VR
- R
Video
Formatting
(new discs)
Automatically
formatted
*2
Format in VR mode
(page 49)
Format in Video
*2
mode (page 49)
Automatically
formatted
Format in VR mode
using the "Disc Setting"
display (page 49)
Automatically
formatted in Video
mode
• 2.4×-speed DVD+R DL (Double Layer) discs
• 4×-speed or slower DVD-R DL (Dual Layer)
discs
"DVD+RW," "DVD-RW," "DVD+R," "DVD+R DL,"
and "DVD-R" logos are trademarks.
Compatibility with other
DVD players (finalizing)
Playable on DVD+RW
compatible players
(automatically finalized)
Playable only on VR mode
compatible players (finalization
unnecessary) (page 91)
Playable on most DVD players
(finalization necessary)
(page 91)
Playable on DVD+R compatible
players (finalization necessary)
(page 91)
Playable only on DVD-R VR
mode compatible players
(finalization necessary) (page 91)
Playable on most DVD players
(finalization necessary)
(page 91)
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