About Dvd Recording; Disc Types And Recording Formats, Modes, And Settings; Notes For Recording - LG DR4912 Owner's Manual

DVD Recorder Overview (Continued)

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.
By default, the DVD-RW disc format is Video Recording
format, though you can change this to Video format, if
required. (Reinitializing the disc will erase the contents
of the disc.)
The recording mode is closely related to the disc for-
mat. If the disc format is Video Recording format, then
the recording mode is VR mode; if the disc format is
Video mode, then the recording mode is Video mode
(except for DVD-Video, which is not recordable, and so
does not have a recording mode).
Within the recording modes (which are fixed for the
whole disc) are the record settings. These can be
changed as required for each recording and determine
the picture quality and how much space the recording
will take up on the disc.
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
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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
• If using a DVD-RW disc, make sure you change the
• When using a DVD-R disc, you can keep recording
• When using a DVD-RW disc in Video mode, recording
• The Erase Title option in the Title List-Original menu
• The overwrite recording is available with DVD+RW
Recording mode Functions
n/a Playback only
VR mode Playback, recording, Original/Playlist editing
Video mode Playback, limited recording, limited editing
Video mode Playback, limited recording, limited editing
DVD+RW Playback, limited recording, Title/Chapter editing
DVD+R Playback, limited recording, limited Title/Chapter editing
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.
recording format (Video mode or VR mode) before
you record anything on the disc. See page 27 (Disc
Format) for how to do this.
until the disc is full, or until you finalize the disc.
Before you start a recording session, check the
amount of recording time left on the disc.
time available will only increase if you erase the last
title recorded on the disc.
only hides the title, it does not actually erase the title
from the disc and increase the recording time avail-
able (except for the last recorded title on a DVD-RW
disc in Video mode).
disc.