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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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