An Introduction To Dvds - Canon DCD CAMCORDER Instruction Manual

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An Introduction to DVDs

You have probably heard of DVD discs and they come in various types and in two sizes -

the more common 12 cm DVDs and 8 cm Mini DVDs. This camcorder uses commercially

available 8 cm DVD-R or DVD-RW discs.

DVD-R

Can be recorded only once.

You cannot edit or delete the

recordings.

VIDEO mode

Once finalized, a disc recorded

in VIDEO mode will play in most

common DVD players. However,

you cannot edit the recordings.

So... what disc to choose?

You can record on it many times.

You can delete scenes or initialize the

recordings. However, the disc

can only be played back with

DVD players compatible with

DVD-RW discs in VR mode.

* Video Recording

DVD-RW

disc and start recording again.

Now that I have the

disc... What disc

standard do I choose

to initialize it?

VR* mode

You can easily edit the

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