About DVD-R and DVD-RW disc

DVD Recorder Overview (Continued)

How are DVD-R and DVD-RW discs different?

The essential difference between DVD-R and DVD-RW is that DVD-R is a record-once medium, while DVD-RW is a re-recordable/erasable medium. You can re-record/ erase a DVD-RW disc approximately 1,000 times.

Can I play my recordable discs in a regular DVD player?

Generally, DVD-R discs and DVD-RW discs recorded in Video mode are playable in a regular DVD player, but they must be ‘finalized’ first. This process fixes the con- tents 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.

This indicates a product feature that is capa- ble of playing DVD-RW discs recorded with Video Recording format.

What are ‘recording modes’?

There are two recording modes available using this recorder: VR mode and Video mode. When recording to a DVD-R disc, recordings are always in Video mode. DVD-RW discs can be formatted for VR mode recording or Video mode recording.

VR mode recording

•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 finalizing)

•Limited editing features

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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 players.

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		INTRODUCTION
to play and when to play it. On playback, the recorder		INTRODUCTION
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.