Quick Guide To Disc Types; Recordable And Playable Discs - Sony RDR-HXD710 Operating Instructions Manual

Quick Guide to Disc Types

Recordable and playable discs

Type
Hard disk drive
(internal)
DVD+RW
VR
mode
DVD-
RW
Video
mode
DVD+R
DVD+R DL
DVD-R
Usable disc versions (as of March 2005)
• 8x-speed or slower DVD+RWs
• 6x-speed or slower DVD-RWs (Ver.1.1, Ver.1.2
*1
with CPRM )
• 16x-speed or slower DVD+Rs
• 16x-speed or slower DVD-Rs (Ver.2.0, Ver.2.1)
• 2.4x-speed DVD+R DL (Double Layer) discs
10
Icon used in
Disc Logo
this manual
HDD
+
RW
- RW
VR
*2
- RW
Video
+ R
-
R
Formatting
(new discs)
(Formatting
unnecessary)
Automatically
formatted in +VR
mode
Format in VR mode
(page 29)
Format in Video mode
(page 29)
Automatically
formatted
Automatically
formatted
"DVD+RW," "DVD-RW," "DVD+R," "DVD+R DL,"
and "DVD-R" are trademarks.
*1
CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable Media) is
a coding technology that protects copyrights for
images.
*2
This logo applies to 4x and 6x speed DVD-RW discs.
Compatibility with other DVD
players (finalising)
Dub HDD contents to a DVD to
play on other DVD players
Playable on DVD+RW
compatible players
(automatically finalised)
Playable only on VR mode
compatible players (finalisation
unnecessary)
Playable on most DVD players
(finalisation necessary)
(page 39)
Playable on most DVD players
(finalisation necessary)
(page 39)
Playable on most DVD players
(finalisation necessary)
(page 39)