Quick Guide to Disc Types

Recordable and playable discs
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Formatting

Compatibility with other DVD

this manual(new discs)players (finalizing)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD+RW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Automatically

Playable on DVD+RW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+RW

formatted in +VR

compatible players

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mode

(automatically finalized)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Format in VR mode

Playable only on VR mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-RWVR

compatible players (finalization

 

 

mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

(page 25)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

unnecessary)

DVD-

 

*2

 

 

 

 

 

 

RW

Video

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Format in Video mode

Playable on most DVD players

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-RWVideo

(finalization necessary)

 

 

mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

(page 25)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(page 34)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD+R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Automatically

Playable on most DVD players

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+R

(finalization necessary)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

formatted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(page 34)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD+R DL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD-R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Automatically

Playable on most DVD players

 

 

 

 

 

 

-R

(finalization necessary)

 

 

 

 

 

 

formatted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(page 34)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Usable disc versions (as of March 2005)

8x-speed or slower DVD+RWs

6x-speed or slower DVD-RWs (Ver.1.1, Ver.1.2 with CPRM*1)

16x-speed or slower DVD+Rs

16x-speed or slower DVD-Rs (Ver.2.0, Ver.2.1)

2.4x-speed DVD+R DL (Double Layer) discs

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

*1 CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable Media) is a coding technology that protects copyrights for images.

*2 This logo applies to 4x and 6x speed DVD-RW discs.

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