KEY TECHNOLOGY
HANDYCAM DVD Formats
ony DVD Handycams offer you a wide choice of formats. Choose from DVD-R, DVD-RW or DVD+RW
epending on which format best suits your needs. Enjoy the flexibility of recording up to 1
0 minutes
LP mode
on a double-sided disc or up to 60 minutes
LP mode
on a sin
le-sided disc
8cm DVD-R (1.4GB/2.8GB)
reates a DVD menu and is
esi
ned for sin
le use. Perfect for
pecial events, as its write-once
n
y ca
a
ty ensures t
at
your footage cannot be
accidentall
erased.
8cm DVD-RW (1.4GB/2.8GB)
n-camera e
t
n
w
en recor
n
in VR mode.
reates a DVD menu
when recording in video mode.
Rewriteable u
to 1
times
8cm DVD+RW (1.4GB/2.8GB)
a
ac
nstant
w
t
no
need
o finalise
he disc. A DVD
menu is created upon finalising.
Rewriteable u
to 1
times
HANDYCAM Touch Screen
ll
ony Handycams
exce
t HDRFX1 and
HDRFX7
feature an LCD Touch Screen for
easy on-screen menu navigation. Reliable,
accurate, and desi
ned speci
ically to
t
stan
re
u
ar usa
e.
ony’s Touch
creen system does away
ith confusing buttons and dials on your
Handycam and
rovides an intuitive way to
your
am
ra.
dditionally, the
pot Focus and
pot Metering
unctions
exclusive to Touch Screen
add
exceptional image control and flexibility to
our v
eos, even w
t
entr
-
eve
mo
e
s.
ot
ocus allows
ou to
ocus sim
l
ust b
touchin
the L
D scree
ot
ocus on back
roun
ot
ocus on
ore
roun
HANDYCAM HDV (High-Definition Video)
ony HDV Handycams ca
ture video at 1080i
i = interlaced
lines of resolution. This is the
ame reso
ut
on as t
e
est qua
ty
Definition (HD) di
ital broadcasts in Australia.
ith the rapid adoption of HD digital TV, it’s
n
y natura
t
at we want to ca
ture our most
prec
ous memor
es
n t
e same
qua
ty.
he additional detail and clarit
that HDV
1080i produces is simply amazin
or conven
ence
recor
s onto stan
ar
MiniDV tapes while still maintaining the same
recordin
times as the MiniDV
ormat. This is
chieved by usin
MPEG-2 compression – the
ame compression technology used for HD digital
roa
casts an
.
owever a
er
t rate
s
sed to produce exceptional quality, for example,
typical Hollywood DVD uses approximately
6Mb
s while HDV records at 25Mb
s.
HANDYCAM AVCHD
VCHD is a new Camcorder format develo
ed s
ecifically to deliver
pristine Hi
h De
inition Video onto one o
the new
eneration o
non-linear media such as DVD and HDD. AV
HD utilizes the
H.264 Advanced Video Codec which is extremel
efficient thus
enabling incredibly sharp high resolution images at very low data
ates. With widely pledged support from other major consumer
lectronics Brands and Software Com
anies the AVCHD format
ill undoubtedly become an important key technology
Hi
h Definition AVCHD DVD discs such as those created in the new
HDRUX1 Handycam can be played in supporting Blu-ray players
includin
PLAYSTATION®3, a suitable DVD equipped PC with the
upplied AVCHD player software installed or in the camera itsel
sing HDMI or component connections to the TV.
dditionally, Standard Definition recording can be selected allowing
or the creation of standard DVD discs for
layback in DVD
layers.
For HDRUX1 that records to DVD media a new double layer 8cm
DVD Disc (DVD+R DL) has been developed which virtually doubles
t
e ava
a
e recor
n
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me
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