About Recordable Discs - LG LH-R5500SB Owner's Manual

DVD Recorder Receiver Overview (Continued)

About recordable discs

How are recordable discs different?
The essential difference among DVD-R, DVD-RW,
DVD+R and DVD+RW is that DVD-R and DVD+R are
record-once medium, while DVD-RW and DVD+RW are
re-recordable/erasable medium. You can re-record/
erase a DVD-RW and DVD+RW disc approximately
1,000 times.
Can I play my recordable discs in a regular DVD
player?
Generally, DVD-R, DVD+R and DVD-RW discs record-
ed in Video mode are playable in a regular DVD player,
but they must be 'finalized' first. This process fixes the
contents of the disc to make them readable to other
DVD players as DVD-Video discs.
DVD-RW discs recorded in VR (Video Recording) mode
are playable in some players.
Unfinalized DVD+RW discs are playable in a regular
DVD player.
This indicates a product feature that is
capable of playing DVD-RW discs recorded
with Video Recording format.
What are 'recording modes'?
There are various recording modes available using this
Recorder. When recording to a DVD-R, DVD+R or
DVD+RW disc, recordings are always in Video mode.
DVD-RW discs can be formatted for VR mode recording
or Video mode recording.
VR mode recording
VR
• 4 different picture quality/recording time settings avail-
able (HQ, SQ, LQ, EQ)
• Not playable on regular DVD players
• Recordings can be extensively edited
Video mode recording
• 4 different picture quality/recording time settings avail-
able (HQ, SQ, LQ, EQ)
• Playable on regular DVD players (after finalization)
• Limited editing features
Disc type Disc format
DVD-Video Video format
DVD-RW Video Recording
format (default)
Video format
DVD-R Video format
DVD+RW +RW Video format
DVD+R +R Video format
Video
Recording mode
n/a
VR mode
Video mode
Video mode
DVD+RW
DVD+R
DVD+RW mode recording
• 4 different picture quality/recording time settings avail-
able (HQ, SQ, LQ, EQ)
• Playable on regular DVD players
• The edited contents is playable on regular DVD play-
ers only after finalizing
• Recordings can be edited the title/chapter
DVD+R mode recording
• 4 different picture quality/recording time settings avail-
able (HQ, SQ, LQ, EQ)
• Playable on regular DVD players (after finalization)
• Any edited contents are not be compatible on regular
DVD players. (Hide, chapter combine, added chapter
mark, etc.)
• Limited title/chapter editing features.
Note :
DVD-Video Format (Video mode) is a new format for
recording on DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW discs that
was approved by the DVD Forum in 2000. You may
therefore experience problems playing recordable DVD
discs in some players. Symptoms include video arti-
facts, audio and/or video dropouts and playback sud-
denly stopping.
Our company cannot take responsibility for problems
playing discs recorded on this Recorder in other play-
ers.
Is editing a DVD like editing a video tape?
No. When you edit a video tape you need one video
deck to play the original tape and another to record the
edits. With DVD, you edit by making a 'Playlist' of what
to play and when to play it. On playback, the Recorder
plays the disc according to the Playlist.
About word 'Original' and 'Playlist'
Throughout this manual, you will often see the words
Original and Playlist to refer to the actual content and
the edited version.
• Original: content refers to what's actually recorded
on the disc.
• Playlist: content refers to the edited version of the
disc — how the Original content is to be played.
Functions
Playback only
Playback, Recording, Original/Playlist Editing
Playback, limited Recording, limited Editing
Playback, limited Recording, limited Editing
Playback, limited Recording, Title/Chapter Editing
Playback, limited Recording, limited Title/Chapter Editing
+RW
+R
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