Quick guide to disc types, Recordable and playable discs – Sony DAR-X1R User Manual
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Quick Guide to Disc Types
Recordable and playable discs
Type
Disc Logo
Icon used in
this manual
Formatting
(new discs)
Compatibility with other DVD
players (finalising)
Hard disk drive
(internal)
Formatting
unnecessary
Dub HDD contents to a DVD to
play on other DVD players
DVD+RW
Automatically
formatted in
+VR mode
(DVD+RW
VIDEO)
Playable on DVD+RW
compatible players
(automatically finalised)
DVD-RW
VR mode
Format in VR
mode (page 43)
Playable only on VR mode
compatible players (finalisation
unnecessary)
Video mode
Format in
Video mode
Playable on most DVD players
(finalisation necessary)
(page 52)
DVD+R
Automatically
formatted in
+VR mode
(DVD+R
VIDEO)
Playable on most DVD players
(finalisation necessary)
(page 52)
DVD+R DL
DVD-R
VR mode
Format in VR
mode
(page 43)
*1
Formatting is
performed
using the “Disc
Information”
display.
Playable only on DVD-R in VR
mode compatible players
(finalisation necessary)
(page 52)
Video mode
Automatically
formatted in
Video mode
Playable on most DVD players
(finalisation necessary)
(page 52)
HDD
+
RW
-RW
VR
-RW
Video
+
R
-R
VR
-R
Video
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