Sony RDR-VX500 - DVD Disc Compatibility Guide; Recordable and Playable Disc Types

Quick Guideto DVDDisc Types
Recordableand playable discs
Automatically
formatted
Format in VR mode .2
(page 43)
Format in Video
1node .2 (page 43)
Playable on DVD+RW
compatible players
(automatically finalized)
Playable only on VR mode
compatible players (finalization
mmecessary) (page 44)
Playable on most DVD players
(finalization necessary)
(page 44)
Automatically Playable on DVD+R compatible
formatted players (finalization necessary)
(page 44)
Automatically
formatted
Playable on most DVD players
(finalization necessary)
(page 44)
Usable disc versions (as of June 2004)
• 4x-speed or slower DVD+RWs
• 2x-speed or s!ower 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 tbr Recordable Media) is
a coding technology that protects copyrights for
images.
*2 Unused DVD-RWs are t_rmatted 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.
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