Sony DCR-TRV250 - Manual (Page 237)

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Additional Information
— Additional Information —
About video cassette
Usable cassette tapes and Recording / Playback systems
Usable cassette tapes Hi8 /Digital8 (recommended) Standard 8 mm * 1)
Recording system Digital8
Digital8
Playback system * 2)
Hi8 Standard 8 mm
Usable cassette tapes Hi8 /Digital8 (recommended) Standard 8 mm * 1)
Recording system Digital8
Playback system Digital8
Usable cassette tapes Hi8 Standard 8 mm
Recording system Hi8 * 3) Standard 8 mm
Playback system * 2) Hi8 Standard 8 mm
* 1) If you use standard 8 mm tape, be sure to play back the tape on your camcorder.
Mosaic noise may appear when you play back standard 8 mm tape on other VCRs
(including another DCR-TRV150/TRV250/TRV350/TRV351).
* 2) When you play back a tape, the Hi8 system or standard 8 mm system is
automatically detected and the playback system automatically switches to.
* 3) If you record on a Hi8 video cassette in the LP mode, recording is carried out in
the standard 8 mm system.
What is the “Digital8 system”?
This video system has been developed to enable digital recording to Hi8 /
Digital8 video cassette.
The recording time when you use your Digital8 system camcorder on Hi8
/
standard 8 mm tape is half the recording time when using the conventional
Hi8
/standard 8 mm system camcorder. (120 minutes of recording time becomes
60 minutes in the SP mode.)
What is the “Hi8 system”?
This Hi8 system is an extension of the standard 8 mm system, and was
developed to produce higher quality pictures.
You cannot play back a tape recorded in the Hi8
system correctly on video
recorders/players other than a Hi8 video recorder/player.