Super Multi

Super Multi is a term used to label DVD recorders that support both "minus" (DVD-R/DVD-RW) and "plus" (DVD+R/DVD+RW) DVD formats, as well as DVD-RAM.

This term —suggesting somehow an improvement over DVD Multi— was coined by LG and is now officially protected by LG. It is also used by NEC for some of their products. LiteOn uses the term Super AllWrite instead, which essentially has the same meaning.

Some Super Multi drives can also write one or more dual-layer formats (typically DVD-R DL and DVD+R DL), but this is not implied by the Super Multi qualification in itself. In general, Super Multi drives do not necessarily write to:

• DD-CD-R discs
• DD-CD-RW discs
• PD discs
• DVD-R for Authoring discs
• BD-R discs

They usually do not support HD-BURN or GigaRec either. Overburning may or may not be possible.

See also

• DVD Multi
• DVD±R