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Quick Guide to Disc Types
Recordable and playable discs
Usable disc versions (as of May 2004)
• 4x-speed or slower DVD+RWs
• 2x-speed or slower DVD-RWs (Ver.1.1, Ver.1.1
with CPRM*
1
)
• 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
Only if the recording mode is SP, HSP, or HQ, and
“DVD Rec. Picture Size” is set to “16:9.”
*3
Erasing titles does not free up disc space.
Type
Disc
Logo
Icon
used in
this
manual
Formatting
(new discs)
Compatibility with other DVD
players (finalizing)
Hard disk
drive
(internal)
(Formatting
unnecessary)
–
DVD+RW
Automatically
formatted
Playable on DVD+RW
compatible players
(automatically finalized)
DVD-
RW
VR
mode
Format in VR mode
(page 40)
Playable only on VR mode
compatible players
(finalization unnecessary)
Video
mode
Format in Video mode
(page 40)
Playable on most DVD players
(finalization necessary)
(page 40)
DVD+R
Automatically
formatted
Playable on most DVD+R
compatible players (finalization
necessary) (page 40)
DVD-R
Automatically
formatted
Playable on most DVD players
(finalization necessary)
(page 40)
HDD
+
RW
-RW
VR
-RW
Video
+
R
-
R
