Sony rdr-vx500 Operating Guide
10
Quick Guide to DVD Disc Types
Recordable and playable discs
Usable disc versions (as of June 2004)
• 4x-speed or slower DVD+RWs
• 2x-speed or slower DVD-RWs (Ver.1.1, Ver.1.1
• 2x-speed or slower 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)
• 8x-speed or slower DVD-Rs (Ver.2.0)
“DVD+RW,” “DVD-RW,” “DVD+R,” and “DVD-R,”
are trademarks.
are trademarks.
*1
CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable Media) is
a coding technology that protects copyrights for
images.
a coding technology that protects copyrights for
images.
*2
Unused DVD-RWs are formatted in VR mode
automatically.
automatically.
*3
Erasing titles only frees up disc space if you erase the
last title.
last title.
*4
Erasing titles does not free up disc space.
Type
Disc
Logo
Logo
Icon used
in this
manual
in this
manual
Formatting
(new discs)
(new discs)
Compatibility with other
DVD players (finalizing)
DVD players (finalizing)
DVD+RW
Automatically
formatted
formatted
Playable on DVD+RW
compatible players
(automatically finalized)
compatible players
(automatically finalized)
DVD-
RW
RW
VR
mode
mode
Format in VR mode
*2
Video
mode
mode
Format in Video
mode
mode
*2
DVD+R
Automatically
formatted
formatted
DVD-R
Automatically
formatted
formatted
+
RW
-RW
VR
-RW
Video
+
R
-
R