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Quick Guide to DVD Disc Types

Recordable and playable discs

Type		Disc	Icon used	Formatting	Compatibility with other
			in this
		Logo		(new discs)	DVD players (finalizing)
			manual
DVD+RW				Automatically	Playable on DVD+RW
			+RW		compatible players
				formatted
					(automatically finalized)
	VR			Format in VR mode*2	Playable only on VR mode
			-RWVR		compatible players (finalization
	mode			(page 43)
					unnecessary) (page 44)
DVD-
RW	Video			Format in Video	Playable on most DVD players
			-RWVideo		(finalization necessary)
	mode			mode*2 (page 43)
					(page 44)
DVD+R				Automatically	Playable on DVD+R compatible
			+R		players (finalization necessary)
				formatted
					(page 44)
DVD-R				Automatically	Playable on most DVD players
			-R		(finalization necessary)
				formatted
					(page 44)

Usable disc versions (as of June 2004)

•4x-speed or slower DVD+RWs

•2x-speed or slower DVD-RWs (Ver.1.1, Ver.1.1 with CPRM*1)

•4x-speed or slower DVD-RWs (Ver.1.2, Ver.1.2 with CPRM)

•8x-speed or slower DVD+Rs

•8x-speed or slower DVD-Rs (Ver.2.0)

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

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

*2 Unused DVD-RWs are formatted in VR mode automatically.

*3 Erasing titles only frees up disc space if you erase the last title.

*4 Erasing titles does not free up disc space.

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