Foreign 8 mm video, Selecting cassette types, When you play back – Sony CCD-TR516 User Manual
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Selecting cassette types
This Hi8 svstem is an extension of the standard 8 mm svstem, and was developed to
realize higher picture quality.
You can use either Hi8 or standard 8 mm video cassette for this camera. When \ ou use
a Hi8 \ ideo cassette, the recording is made in the Hi8 s\’stem. When you use a standard
8 mm video cassette, the recording is made in the standard 8 mm system. Standard 8
mm vicieo cassette is incapable of recording in the Hi8 svstem.
If voii intend to use a standard 8 mm \ ideo recorder/plaver to plav back a video tape,
you are required to use a standard 8 mm \'ideo cassette for recording.
When you play back
The playback mode (SP/LP) and system (1118/standard 8 mm) are selected
automatically according to the format in which the tape has been recorded. The c^unlitv
of the recorded picture in LP mode, however, will not be as good as that in SP mode.
Foreign 8 mm video
Because the TV color systems differ from country to country, you may not be able to
play back foreign pre-recc^rded tapes. Refer to the list i,>f "Using your camcorder
abroad" to check the TV color system of foreign aiuntries.
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