Sony RDR-VX535 - Quick Guide to Disc Types; Recordable and Playable Discs

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Quick Guide to Disc Types
Recordable and Playable Discs
Usable disc versions (as of December 2007)
• 8×-speed or slower DVD+RWs
• 6×-speed or slower DVD-RWs (Ver.1.1, Ver.1.2
with CPRM
*1
)
• 16×-speed or slower DVD+Rs
• 16×-speed or slower DVD-Rs (Ver.2.0, Ver.2.1
with CPRM)
• 8×-speed or slower DVD+R DL (Double Layer)
discs
*6
Discs that cannot be recorded on
• 8 cm discs
• DVD-RAMs
“DVD+RW,” “DVD-RW,” “DVD+R,” “DVD+R DL,”
and “DVD-R” logos are trademarks.
Disc 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 48)
Playable only on VR mode
compatible players (finalization
unnecessary) (page 66)
Video
mode
Format in Video
mode
*2
(page 48)
Playable on most DVD players
(finalization necessary)
(page 66)
*7
DVD+R
Automatically
formatted
Playable on DVD+R compatible
players (finalization necessary)
(page 66)
*7
DVD+R DL
DVD-
R
VR
mode
Format in VR mode
using the “Disc Setting”
display (page 64)
Playable only on DVD-R VR
mode compatible players
(finalization necessary) (page 66)
Video
mode
Automatically
formatted in Video
mode
Playable on most DVD players
(finalization necessary)
(page 66)
*7
+
RW
-
RWVR
-
RW Video
+
R
-
RVR
-
R Video