Using Disc Labels

WARNING: When labeling your DVDs, do not use sticky labels. They can cause the DVD to play erratically. Instead, write on the DVD with a felt-tip pen to label it.

Creating Recovery CDs/DVDs for the PC

For more information about creating Recovery CDs/ DVDs, refer to the Warranty and Support Guide that came with your PC.

Using Compatibility Information

An important feature of a DVD Writer/CD Writer drive is its high level of compatibility with other optical drives and CD and DVD players:

■The CDs that you create play in most home and car stereos and in most computer DVD-ROM and CD-ROM drives.

■The DVDs that you create are compatible with some DVD video players and with most computer DVD-ROM drives.

■CD-R discs are compatible with more home and car stereos than CD-RW discs are.

Your DVD Writer/CD Writer drive is able to read from and record to almost every type of optical disc. Writing speed rates for the DVD Writer/CD Writer drive are fast, allowing quick recording times.

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CD-R discs are compatible with more home and car stereos than CD-RW discs.

Understanding video recording lengths and video quality settings

Video

 

 

 

 

quality

 

GB/

Minutes on a

Minutes on a

setting

Bit rate

Hour

4.7 GB DVD

8.56 GB DVD

 

 

 

 

 

Fair

2,884,000

1.2

170 minutes *

300 minutes *

 

 

 

 

 

Good

3,384,000

1.4

145 minutes *

260 minutes *

 

 

 

 

 

Better

4,884,000

2.0

100 minutes *

185 minutes *

 

 

 

 

 

Best

6,384,000

2.7

80 minutes *

144 minutes *

 

 

 

 

 

* Minutes listed are approximate and not exact.

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