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Congratulations!
Thank you for purchasing the TDK DVD-R/RW writer, a reliable, high-performance DVD rewriter,
recorder and reader. We appreciate the confidence you have shown in us. Our goal is to put
you – and keep you – at the leading edge of DVD technology.
What is DVD?
DVD is the next generation of optical disc storage technology. DVD is essentially a bigger, faster
CD that can hold cinema-like video, better-than-CD audio, and computer data. DVD aims to
encompass home entertainment, computers, and business information with a single digital
format, eventually replacing audio CD, videotape, laserdisc, CD-ROM, and video game
cartridges. DVD has widespread support music studios. With this unprecedented support, DVD
has become the most successful consumer electronics product of all time in less than three
years of its introduction.
It’s important to understand the difference between the
physical formats
(such as DVD-ROM
or DVD-R) and the
application formats
(such as DVD-Video or DVD-Audio). DVD-ROM is the
base format that holds data. DVD-Video (often simply called DVD) defines how video programs
such as movies are stored on disc and played in a DVD-Video player. The difference is similar
to that between CD-ROM and Audio CD.
Disc types
You recognize the disc types that are compatible with your DVD-writer by their logos. According
to the format of the disc, you can use it for both recording and playback or only for playback.
Some discs are not qualified to use on a DVD-recorder at all. In the following overview, all
currently existing disc types and the compatibility with this DVD-recorder are listed.
Introduction
