DVD recordable
（重定向自Recordable DVD）
![Embedded Data: A DVD-R disk (also applies to DVD+R) which still has space available. Data is burned onto the disk with a writing laser.](/Images/godic/202502/06/DVD-R5545.jpg")
![An internal DVD writer capable of burning either dash or plus discs](/Images/godic/202502/06/Sony-Internal-PC-DVD-Drive-Opened5545.jpg")
DVD recordable and DVD rewritable refer to part of optical disc recording technologies. DVD optical disc formats that can be recorded by a DVD recorder, (written, "burned"), either write once or rewritable (write multiple times) format written by laser, as compared to DVD-ROM, which is mass-produced by pressing, primarily for the distribution of home video. DVD recordable is a general term that refers to both write-once and rewritable formats, whereas DVD rewritable refers only to rewritable formats.