(This answer also covers “why unfinalised DVD doesn’t play on my DVD player”)

When you write to a DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW or other type of writable DVD without finalizing it, the directory information is written to a temporary area after the most recent recorded session. Players that can read unfinalized DVDs look at these areas in reverse order to get the most recent directory information.

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Some of the less expensive discs we sell are what are known as “overprints” or “reprints“. Sounds strange? Not really- these are simply discs that were originally produced by (or for) other manufacturers.

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You might have seem some DVDs, CDs or drives advertise themselves as “Lightscribe-compatible”. But what does this mean? Lightscribe is a technology that allows discs to be labelled by the DVD drive itself- no separate printer required.

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