Sony HDR-UX1 - Manual (Page 18)

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Experience the beauty of HD (high
definition) images
B Your camcorder offers both AVCHD and DVD recording formats.
The recording format depends on the image quality, HD (high definition) or SD (standard
definition). Select the image quality when you use a new disc on your camcorder (p. 37).
b Notes
• You cannot change the image quality of a disc midway.
• The images recorded with SD (standard definition) image quality cannot be converted to HD (high
definition) image quality.
• Your camcorder is compatible with the “1440 × 1080/60i” standard of AVCHD format (p. 131).
“AVCHD 1080i format” is abbreviated as “AVCHD” in this manual, except when it must be described in
more detail.
B HD (high definition) image quality B SD (standard definition) image
quality
AVCHD format
Records high definition images.
Recommended whether or not you have a
high definition TV.
The disc can be played only on the
devices compatible with the AVCHD
format (p. 74).
DVD format
Records standard definition images.
Recommended if playback compatibility
is important.
The disc can be played on DVD devices.
b Notes
• AVCHD images cannot be played on most
currently available DVD devices, which are
incompatible with the AVCHD format.
z Tips
• AVCHD images can be viewed even on non-
high definition TVs. The image quality,
however, is equivalent to SD (standard
definition) image quality (p. 52).
b Notes
• DVD-RW (VR mode) discs can be played on
the compatible devices only.
Image resolution:
about
4.5
times of that of SD
(standard definition)