Patent ID: 8331209
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A recording medium, comprising: an information zone including a lead-in area, a data zone in which main data is recorded or to be recorded and a lead-out zone; and a burst cutting area prior to the information zone, the burst cutting area including two or more data units; wherein the control information is included in the data units, the control information containing medium type information representing at least one of the following types: read-only, recordable, and rewritable, wherein each data unit consists of eight consecutive rows including 4 rows of data and 4 rows of parity, each row of said 4 rows of data including a sync field of 1 byte and an information field of 4 bytes, each row of said 4 rows of parity including a sync field of 1 byte and a parity field of 4 bytes.