Quick Guide To Disc Types - Sony DAR-RH7000 Operating Instructions Manual

Quick Guide to Disc Types

Recordable and playable discs
Type Disc logo
Hard disk
drive
(internal)
DVD+RW
VR
mode
DVD-
RW
Video
mode
DVD+R
DVD+R DL
DVD-R
Usable disc versions (as of March 2005)
• 8x-speed or slower DVD+RWs
• 6x-speed or slower DVD-RWs (Ver.1.1, Ver.1.2
*1
with CPRM )
• 16x-speed or slower DVD+Rs
• 16x-speed or slower DVD-Rs (Ver.2.0, Ver.2.1)
• 2.4x-speed DVD+R DL (Double Layer) discs
8
Icon used
Formatting
in this
(new discs)
manual
(Formatting
HDD
unnecessary)
Automatically
formatted in +VR
+
RW
mode
Format in VR mode
- RW
VR
(page 36)
*2
Format in Video mode
- RW
(page 36)
Video
Automatically
+
R
formatted
Automatically
- R
formatted
Compatibility with other
DVD players (finalizing)
Dub HDD contents to a DVD to
play on other DVD players
Playable on DVD+RW
compatible players
(automatically finalized)
Playable only on VR mode
compatible players (finalization
unnecessary)
Playable on most DVD players
(finalization necessary)
(page 46)
Playable on most DVD players
(finalization necessary)
(page 46)
Playable on most DVD players
(finalization necessary)
(page 46)
"DVD+RW," "DVD-RW," "DVD+R," "DVD+R DL,"
and "DVD-R" are trademarks.
*1
CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable Media) is
a coding technology that protects copyrights for
images.
*2
This logo applies to 4x and 6x speed DVD-RW discs.