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Quick Guide to Disc Types
Recordable and playable discs
Type
Disc Logo
Icon used in
this manual
Formatting
(new discs)
Compatibility with other
DVD players (finalising)
DVD+RW
Automatically
formatted in
+VR mode
(DVD+RW
VIDEO)
Playable on DVD+RW
compatible players
(automatically finalised)
DVD-
RW
VR
mode
Format in VR
mode
(page 23)
Playable only on VR mode
compatible players
(finalisation unnecessary)
Video
mode
Format in
Video mode
Playable on most DVD
players (finalisation
necessary) (page 32)
DVD+R
Automatically
formatted in
+VR mode
(DVD+R
VIDEO)
Playable on most DVD
players (finalisation
necessary) (page 32)
DVD+R DL
DVD-R
VR
mode
Format in VR
mode
(page 23)
Formatting is
performed
using the “Disc
Information”
display.
Playable only on DVD-R in
VR mode compatible
players (finalisation
necessary) (page 32)
Video
mode
Automatically
formatted in
Video mode
Playable on most DVD
players (finalisation
necessary) (page 32)
+
RW
-RW
VR
-RW
Video
+
R
-R
VR
-R
Video
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continued