Sony rdr-hx900 Guida Utente

Quick Guide to Disc Types

Recordable and playable discs

Usable disc versions (as of May 2004)

• 4x-speed or slower DVD+RWs
• 2x-speed or slower DVD-RWs (Ver.1.1, Ver.1.1

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.

CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable Media) is
a coding technology that protects copyrights for
images.

Only if the recording mode is SP, HSP, or HQ, and
“DVD Rec. Picture Size” is set to “16:9.”

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)

Hard disk
drive
(internal)

(Formatting
unnecessary)

–

DVD+RW

Automatically
formatted

Playable on DVD+RW
compatible players
(automatically finalized)

DVD-
RW

VR
mode

Format in VR mode
(page 40)

Playable only on VR mode
compatible players
(finalization unnecessary)

Video
mode

Format in Video mode
(page 40)

Playable on most DVD players
(finalization necessary)
(page 40)

DVD+R

Automatically
formatted

Playable on most DVD+R
compatible players (finalization
necessary) (page 40)

DVD-R

Automatically
formatted

Playable on most DVD players
(finalization necessary)
(page 40)

HDD

-RW

Video