Quick Guide To Disc Types; Recordable And Playable Discs - Sony RDR-HX820 Operating Instructions Manual

Quick Guide to Disc Types

Recordable and playable discs

Type
Hard disk drive
(internal)
DVD+RW
VR
mode
DVD-
RW
Video
mode
DVD+R
DVD+R DL
VR
mode
DVD-R
Video
mode
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this manual
HDD
+
RW
- RW
- RW
+ R
- R
- R
Video
Formatting
(new discs)
Formatting
unnecessary
Automatically
formatted in
+VR mode
(DVD+RW
VIDEO)
Format in VR
VR
mode (page 30)
Format in
Video mode
Video
(page 30)
Automatically
formatted in
+VR mode
(DVD+R
VIDEO)
Format in VR
mode
*1
(page 30)
Formatting is
VR
performed
using the "Disc
Information"
display.
Automatically
formatted in
Video mode
Compatibility with other DVD
players (finalising)
Dub HDD contents to a DVD
to play on other DVD players
Playable on DVD+RW
compatible players
(automatically finalised)
Playable only on VR mode
compatible players
(finalisation unnecessary)
Playable on most DVD
players (finalisation
necessary) (page 39)
Playable on most DVD
players (finalisation
necessary) (page 39)
Playable only on DVD-R in
VR mode compatible players
(finalisation necessary)
(page 39)
Playable on most DVD
players (finalisation
necessary) (page 39)