Quick Guide to Disc Types

Recordable and Playable Discs

 

 

Disc

Icon used

Formatting

Compatibility with other

 

Disc Type

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 66)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

unnecessary) (page 86)

 

DVD-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RW

Video

 

 

 

 

 

 

Format in Video

Playable on most DVD players

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(finalization necessary)

 

 

mode

 

 

 

 

 

-RWVideo

mode*2 (page 66)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(page 86)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD+R

Automatically

Playable on DVD+R compatible

+Rplayers (finalization necessary) formatted

(page 86)

DVD+R DL

DVD-R

 

Automatically

Playable on most DVD players

-R

(finalization necessary)

formatted

 

 

 

(page 86)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Usable disc versions (as of May 2005)

4×-speed or slower DVD+RWs

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

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

8×-speed or slower DVD+Rs

8×-speed or slower DVD-Rs (Ver.2.0)

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

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

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