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Disc Types
❖BD-ROM
Blu-ray Disc Read Only Memory. A BD-ROM disc contains pre-recorded data. Although a BD-ROM may contain any form of data, most BD-ROM discs will contain movies in High Definition format, for playback on Blu-ray Disc Player's. This unit can play back pre-recorded commercial BD-ROM discs.
❖BD-RE/BD-R
Blu-ray Disc Rewritable/Blu-ray Disc Recordable. BD-RE/BD-R is the ideal format for making backups, or recording personal video.
❖DVD-Video
•A digital versatile disc (DVD) can contain up to 135-minutes of images, 8 audio languages and 32 subtitle languages. It is equipped with MPEG-2 picture compression and Dolby Digital surround, allowing you to enjoy vivid and clear theatre quality images.
•When switching from the first layer to the second layer of a dual-layered DVD Video disc, there may be momentary distortion in the image and sound. This is not a malfunction of the unit.
•Once a DVD-RW/-R recorded in Video Mode is finalized, it becomes DVD-Video. Pre-recorded (pre-stamped) commercial DVDs with movies are also referred to as DVD-Videos. This unit can play back pre-recorded commercial DVD discs (DVD-Video discs) with movies.
❖Audio CD
•An audio disc on which 44.1kHz PCM Audio is recorded.
•This unit can play back CD-DA format audio CD-RW and CD-R discs.
•The unit may not be able to play some CD-RW or CD-R discs due to the condition of the recording.
❖CD-RW/CD-R
•Use a 700MB(80 minutes) CD-RW/CD-R disc. If possible, do not use a 800MB(90 minutes) or above disc, as the disc may not play back.
•If the CD-RW/CD-R disc was not recorded as a closed session, you may experience delays when playing back the beginning of the disc or all recorded files may not play.
•Some CD-RW/CD-R discs may not be playable with this unit, depending on the device which was used to burn them. For contents recorded on CD-RW/CD-R media from CDs for your personal use,playability may vary depending on contents and discs.
❖DVD-R Disc Playback
•Once a DVD-R recorded in Video Mode is finalized, it becomes DVD-Video.
•This unit can play back DVD-R discs recorded and finalized with a DVD video recorder. It may not be able to play some DVD-R discs depending on the disc and the condition of the recording.
❖DVD-RW Disc Playback
•Playback can be performed with DVD-RW discs recorded in the Video Mode and finalized.
•Once a DVD-RW recorded in Video Mode is finalized, it becomes DVD-Video. Ability to play back may depend on recording conditions.
Disc Format
❖DVD-RW/-R (V)
•This is a format that is used for recording data on a DVD-RW or DVD-R disc. The disc can be played by this Blu-ray Disc Player once it has been finalized.
❖AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High Definition)
•This player can playback AVCHD format discs. These discs are normally recorded and used in camcorders.
•The AVCHD format is a high definition digital video camera format.
•The MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format is capable of compressing images at higher efficiency than that of the conventional image compressing format.
•Some AVCHD discs use the “x.v.Color” format.
•This player can playback AVCHD discs using “x.v.Color” format.
