Quick Guide to Disc Types

Recordable and playable discs
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Icon used in

Formatting

Compatibility with other

 

 

this manual

(new discs)DVD players (finalising)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Automatically

 

 

DVD+RW

 

 

 

formatted in

Playable on DVD+RW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+RW

+VR mode

compatible players

 

 

 

 

 

 

(DVD+RW

(automatically finalised)

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD+R

 

 

 

Automatically

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

formatted in

Playable on most DVD

 

 

 

 

 

+R

+VR mode

players (finalisation

 

 

 

 

 

 

(DVD+R

necessary) (page 34)

 

DVD+R DL

 

 

 

VIDEO)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Usable disc versions (as of March 2006)

8x-speed or slower DVD+RWs

16x-speed or slower DVD+Rs

8x-speed or slower DVD+R DL (Double Layer) discs

“DVD+RW,” “DVD+R,” and “DVD+R DL” are trademarks.

Discs that cannot be recorded on

8 cm discs

DVD-R DL (Dual Layer) discs

DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs

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