Sony RDR-VX500 - Manual (Page 10)

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Quick Guide to DVD Disc Types
Recordable and playable discs
Usable disc versions (as of June 2004)
• 4x-speed or slower DVD+RWs
• 2x-speed or slower DVD-RWs (Ver.1.1, Ver.1.1
with CPRM *1 )
• 4x-speed or slower DVD-RWs (Ver.1.2, Ver.1.2
with CPRM)
• 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 Unused DVD-RWs are formatted in VR mode
automatically.
*3 Erasing titles only frees up disc space if you erase the
last title.
*4 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)
DVD+RW
Automatically
formatted
Playable on DVD+RW
compatible players
(automatically finalized)
DVD-
RW
VR
mode Format in VR mode *2
(page 43)
Playable only on VR mode
compatible players (finalization
unnecessary) (page 44)
Video
mode Format in Video
mode
*2 (page 43)
Playable on most DVD players
(finalization necessary)
(page 44)
DVD+R
Automatically
formatted
Playable on DVD+R compatible
players (finalization necessary)
(page 44)
DVD-R
Automatically
formatted
Playable on most DVD players
(finalization necessary)
(page 44)
+ RW
-RW VR
-RW
Video
+ R
- R