Recording modes and approximate recording times
Depending on the content being recorded, the recording times may become shorter than indicated.
Recording Mode
[BW880]
(500 GB)
DR
72 hours
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(High Definition
(HD) quality:
estimated bit rate
is 15 Mbps)
135 hours
DR
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(Standard
Definition (SD)
quality: estimated
bit rate is 8 Mbps)
HG
80 hours
HX
120 hours
HE
180 hours
HL
240 hours
HM
350 hours
XP
110 hours
SP
220 hours
LP
442 hours
EP
885 hours
(664 hours
Recording time of DR mode may vary depending on bit rate of broadcasting.
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When "Recording time in EP mode" is set to "6 hours" in the Setup menu (
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Maximum number of titles that can be recorded
[HDD]:
[BD-RE] [BD-R]:
[RAM] [-R] [-R]DL] [-RW‹V›]: 99 titles on one disc.
[+R] [+R]DL] [+RW]:
[HDD]
[BD-RE] [BD-R]
Single
[BW780]
(250 GB)
Layer
(25 GB)
36 hours
3 hours
20 min.
66 hours
6 hours
30 min.
40 hours
4 hours
60 hours
6 hours
90 hours
9 hours
120 hours
12 hours
175 hours
17 hours
30 min.
55 hours
5 hours
15 min.
110 hours
10 hours
30 min.
221 hours
21 hours
441 hours
42 hours
)
(331 hours
)
(31 hours
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§2
30 min.
999 titles
(When continuously recording for long durations, titles are automatically divided every 8 hours.)
200 titles on one disc.
49 titles on one disc.
Dual Layer
Single-
(50 GB)
sided
(4.7 GB)
6 hours
–
40 min.
13 hours
–
8 hours
–
12 hours
–
18 hours
–
24 hours
–
35 hours
–
10 hours
1 hour
30 min.
21 hours
2 hours
42 hours
4 hours
84 hours
8 hours
(63 hours
)
(6 hours
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)
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77).
[RAM]
[-R]
[-RW‹V›]
Double-
[+R]
sided
[+RW]
(9.4 GB)
(4.7 GB)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2 hours
1 hour
4 hours
2 hours
8 hours
4 hours
16 hours
8 hours
)
(12 hours
)
(6 hours
§2
§2
§2
[-R]DL]
[+R]DL]
(8.5 GB)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 hour
45 min.
3 hours
35 min.
7 hours
10 min.
14 hours
)
20 min.
(10 hours
45 min.
)
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