About Dvd Recording; Disc Types And Recording Formats, Modes, And Settings; Notes For Recording - Philips DVDR3320V/05B User Manual

About DVD recording

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• This recorder cannot make recordings on CD-R or
CD-RW discs.
• Our company takes no responsibility for recording fail-
ure due to power cuts, defective discs, or damage to
the recorder.
• Fingerprints and small scratches on a disc can affect
playback and/or recording performance. Please take
proper care of your discs.
Disc types and recording formats, modes,
and settings
This recorder can play five different kinds of DVD disc:
pre-recorded DVD-Video discs, DVD-RW, DVD-R,
DVD+RW and DVD+R discs. The disc format for DVD-R
discs is always "Video format"—the same as pre-record-
ed DVD-Video discs. This means that once finalized,
you can play a DVD-R in a regular DVD player.
Disc type Disc format
DVD-Video Video format
DVD+RW +RW Video format
DVD+R +R Video format

Notes for recording

• The recording times shown are not exact because the
• When recording a TV broadcast, if the reception is
• If you record still pictures or audio only, the recording
• The displayed times for recording and time remaining
• The recording time available may decrease if you
• The overwrite recording is available with DVD+RW
Recording mode Functions
n/a Playback only
DVD+RW Playback, limited recording, Title/Chapter editing
DVD+R Playback, limited recording, limited Title/Chapter editing
Overview (Continued)
recorder uses variable bit-rate video compression.
This means that the exact recording time will depend
on the material being recorded.
poor or the picture contains interference, the record-
ing times may be shorter.
time may be longer.
may not always add up to exactly the length of the
disc.
heavily edit a disc.
disc.
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