Recording Formats

Since available functions differ depending on the disc type, select a disc that best fits your preference; When you insert an unused disc, the following message appears.

DVD-RW: When a blank disc is first inserted, the message “Uninitialized Disc Do you want to

initialize this disc?” will appear. When “Yes” is selected, the disc will be formatted in VR

Mode.

Uninitialized Disc

Do you want to initialize this disc?

Yes No

If you want to format in either VR Mode or Video

Mode, refer to Formatting a Disc on pages 85-86.

 

DVD-Recorder

Disc Manager

 

DVD-RW(VR)

 

 

 

Title List

Disc Name :

 

ecordingR

 

 

 

Disc Choose the recording format for DVD-RW

 

 

Timer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD-VR

DVD-V

 

 

 

 

MOVE

ENTER

RETURN

EXIT

DVD-R : Formatting the DVD is unnecessary and only Video

Mode Recording is supported

DVD-RW(Video mode)/-R

Chapters will be created automatically when you finalize recording on DVD-R / DVD-RW discs in Video mode.

The chapter’s length (interval between chapters) varies according to the recording mode.

Simple editing (erasing titles/changing title name)

DVD-RW(VR mode)

This mode allows multiple editing functions (such as

deletion of the whole title, partial deletion of a title, etc.)

Various editing options using a created Playlist

Record Mode

Select one of four record modes by pressing the

REC

MODE button repeatedly for the desired recording time

and picture quality while the unit is in Stop mode.

 

In general, picture quality improves as the recording

 

time decreases.

 

 

In FR mode, the most suitable record mode is selected

 

automatically according to the remaining time on the

 

disc and length of the timer recording set.

 

 

 

 

Mode

Characteristic

Recording Times Data Rates

 

 

 

XP

Select when the video

Approx. 1 hour

(high quality mode)

quality is important.

about 8 Mbps

 

 

 

SP

Select to record in

Approx. 2 hours

(standard quality mode)

standard quality.

about 4 Mbps

 

 

 

LP

Select when a long

Approx. 4 hours

(long recording mode)

recording time is required.

about 2 Mbps

 

 

 

EP

Select when a longer

Approx. 6 hours/

recording time is

about 1.2 Mbps

(extended mode)

required.

Approx. 8 hours/

 

about 0.8 Mbps

 

 

FR

for timer recording only

Approx 60 to 480 Min

(Flexible Recording)

see page 51.

Approx 0.8 to 8Mbps

 

 

 

Unrecordable video

Video with copy protection cannot be recorded on this DVD Recorder. When the DVD Recorder receives a copy guard signal while recording, recording stops and the following message appears on the screen.

You cannot record copy protected movie.

Concerning Copy Control Signals

TV broadcasts that contain copy control signals may have one of the following three signal types, COPY-Free, Copy- Once and Copy-Never. If you want to record a copy-once type program, use DVD-RW with CPRM in VR Mode.

Media

Signal type

Copy-Free

Copy

-Once

Copy-Never

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD-RW(Ver.1.1)

O

 

 

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD-RW(Ver.1.1)

 

 

 

 

 

with CPRM

 

 

 

 

 

 

VR mode

 

O

 

O

*

-

Video mode

 

O

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD-R

 

O

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When a “Copy Once” recording has been made, recording cannot be done anymore.

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Samsung DVD-R130S instruction manual Recording Formats, Record Mode, Unrecordable video, Concerning Copy Control Signals