Sony RDR-GX210 DVD Recorder User Manual


 
8
Quick Guide to Disc Types
Recordable and playable discs
Usable disc versions (as of February 2005)
• 4x-speed or slower DVD+RWs
• 4x-speed or slower DVD-RWs (Ver.1.1, Ver.1.2
with CPRM*
1
)
• 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
To free up disc space, erase the last title on the disc.
*3
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
Automatically
formatted in VR mode
Playable only on VR mode
compatible players
(finalization unnecessary)
Video
mode
Manually reformat in
Video mode (page 27)
Playable on most DVD players
(finalization necessary)
(page 35)
DVD+R
Automatically
formatted
Playable on most DVD+R
compatible players (finalization
necessary) (page 35)
DVD-R
Automatically
formatted
Playable on most DVD players
(finalization necessary)
(page 35)
+
RW
-
RWVR
-
RW
Video
+
R
-
R