Super Multi is a term used to label DVD recorder

DVD recorder

A DVD recorder , is an optical disc recorder that uses Optical disc recording technologies to digitally record analog signal or digital signals onto blank writable DVD media...

s that support both "minus" (DVD-R

DVD-R

DVD-R is a DVD recordable format. A DVD-R typically has a storage capacity of 4.71 GB. Pioneer has also developed an 8.5 GB dual layer version, DVD-R DL, which appeared on the market in 2005....

/DVD-RW

DVD-RW

A DVD-RW disc is a rewritable optical disc with equal storage capacity to a DVD-R, typically 4.7 GB. The format was developed by Pioneer in November 1999 and has been approved by the DVD Forum. The smaller Mini DVD-RW holds 1.46 GB, with a diameter of 8 cm.The primary advantage of DVD-RW over...

) and "plus" (DVD+R

DVD+R

DVD+R is part of optical disc recording technologies. It is a format for optical disc data storage that utilizes digital recording. It is similar to, but incompatible with, the older DVD-R standard...

/DVD+RW

DVD+RW

DVD+RW is a physical format for rewritable DVDs and can hold up to 4.7 GB. DVD+RW was created by the DVD+RW Alliance, an industry consortium of drive and disc manufacturers...

) DVD formats, as well as DVD-RAM

DVD-RAM

DVD-RAM is a disc specification presented in 1996 by the DVD Forum, which specifies rewritable DVD-RAM media and the appropriate DVD writers. DVD-RAM media have been used in computers as well as camcorders and personal video recorders since 1998.-Design:DVD-RAM is one of three competing...

.

This term —suggesting somehow an improvement over DVD Multi

DVD Multi

DVD Multi is a specification for optical media drives. The specification was approved by the DVD Forum and was claimed to enable disc compatiblity for virtually all formats officially created by the DVD Forum...

— was coined by LG

LG Group

LG Corp. is the second-largest South Korean conglomerate company following Samsung, and it is headquartered in the LG Twin Towers in Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. LG produces electronics, chemicals, and telecommunications products and operates subsidiaries like LG Electronics, LG Display,...

 and is now officially protected by LG. It is also used by NEC

NEC

, a Japanese multinational IT company, has its headquarters in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. NEC, part of the Sumitomo Group, provides information technology and network solutions to business enterprises, communications services providers and government....

 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

DVD-R DL

DVD-R DL , also called DVD-R9, is a derivative of the DVD-R format standard. DVD-R DL discs hold 8.54 GB per side by utilizing two recordable dye layers, each capable of storing nearly the 4.7 gigabyte of a single layer disc -almost doubling the total disc capacity...

 and DVD+R DL

DVD+R DL

DVD+R DL also called DVD+R9, is a derivative of the DVD+R format created by the DVD+RW Alliance. Its use was first demonstrated in October 2003. DVD+R DL discs employ two recordable dye layers, each capable of storing nearly the 4.7 GB capacity of a single-layer disc, almost doubling the total...

), 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
  Phase-change Dual
  Phase-Change Dual is a rewritable optical disc format introduced by Panasonic in 1995. Much like CD-RW, PD uses a phase change layer that can be overwritten in a single pass of the read/write head. A PD disc has a capacity of 650 MB, can be rewritten 500,000 times and is enclosed in a protective...
  
   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.