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Before you start
Recordable and Playable discs
This unit can play and record all widely-used DVD types. The table below shows some specific compatibility differences depending on the disc types.
Playable discs
The table below shows the file formats and media types that this unit can playback.
HDD
DVD-R
DVD-RW
DVD-RAM
DVD+R
DVD+R(DL)
DVD+RW
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Re-Writable
Formatting Mode
(new discs)
Editing
Play on other
players
Recommended
discs
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
–
Video mode
Video mode
VR mode
Auto
Auto
Auto
Yes
Limited
Yes
Yes
Limited
Limited
Yes
–
The player must compatible with corresponding media and the media has to be finalized.
Mitsubishi(8x,16x)
Mitsubishi(4x)
Mitsubishi(3x) Mitsubishi(8, 16x) Mitsubishi(2.4x, 8x) Mitsubishi(4x)
–
Verbatim(8x,16x)
Verbatim(4x)
Maxell(5x)
Verbatim(8x,16x)
HP(4x)
JVC(4x)
Verbatim(4x)
Maxell(4x)
Ricoh(4x)
+RW
+R
+R
RAM
-RW
Video
-RW
VR
-R
HDD
DVD
Audio CD
Data disc (DivX, JPEG, MP3 or WMA)
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Characteristics
WMA
MP3
JPEG
DivX
ACD
DVD
Music CDs or CD-R/RWs
in music CD format that
can be purchased
Discs such as movies
that can be
purchased or rented.
Discs that contain DivX, JPEG, MP3 or WMA
files.
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