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Quick Guide to Disc Types
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.
Recordable and playable discs
Type
Disc Logo
Icon used in
this manual
Formatting
(new discs)
Compatibility with other DVD
players (finalising)
Hard disk drive
(internal)
(Formatting
unnecessary)
Dub HDD contents to a DVD to
play on other DVD players
DVD+RW
Automatically
formatted in +VR
mode
Playable on DVD+RW
compatible players
(automatically finalised)
DVD-
RW
VR
mode
Format in VR mode
(page 29)
Playable only on VR mode
compatible players (finalisation
unnecessary)
Video
mode
Format in Video mode
(page 29)
Playable on most DVD players
(finalisation necessary)
(page 39)
DVD+R
Automatically
formatted
Playable on most DVD players
(finalisation necessary)
(page 39)
DVD+R DL
DVD-R
Automatically
formatted
Playable on most DVD players
(finalisation necessary)
(page 39)
HDD
+
RW
*2
-RW
VR
-RW
Video
+
R
-
R
