10
Maximum recordable number of titles
* The maximum length for each title is eight hours.
Usable disc versions (as of March 2005)
• 8x-speed or slower DVD+RWs (digital video
disc-rewritable, plus RW)
• 6x-speed or slower DVD-RWs (digital video
disc-rewritable, minus RW) (Ver.1.1, Ver.1.2
with CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable
Media)*)
• 16x-speed or slower DVD+Rs (digital video
disc-recordable, plus R)
• 16x-speed or slower DVD-Rs (digital video
disc-recordable, minus R) (Ver.2.0, Ver.2.1)
• 2.4x-speed DVD+R DL (digital video disc-
recordable, plus R, double layer) discs
* CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable Media) is a
coding technology that protects copyrights for images.
Discs that cannot be recorded on
•8 cm discs
• DVD-Rs (digital video disc-recordable, minus
R) in VR mode (Video Recording format)
Disc Number of
titles*
DVD-RW/DVD-R (digital video
disc-rewritable, minus RW/digital
video disc-recordable, minus R)
99
DVD+RW/DVD+R (digital video
disc-rewritable, plus RW/digital
video disc-recordable, plus R)
49
DVD+R DL (digital video disc-
recordable, plus R, double layer)
49