On Image Quality - Sony HDR-PJ790V "Handycam User Manual

"Handycam" User Guide
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Top page > Customizing your camcorder > Image Quality/Size > REC Mode
REC Mode
You can switch the recording mode to select the movie quality when recording high definition image
quality (HD) movies. The recording time or the type of media device to which the images can be copied
may change, depending on the recording mode selected. ([Standard
1. [Image Quality/Size]
2. Select the desired recording mode.
appears on a medium icon if a movie recorded with the selected recording mode cannot be
copied on that medium.

On image quality

The image quality and the bit-rate for each recording mode can be set as follows. "M," such as in "24M,"
means "Mbps."
Models with the NTSC color system:
High definition image quality (HD):
[60p Quality ]: 1920
[Highest Quality ]: 1920
[High Quality ]: 1920
[Standard ]: 1440
[Long Time ]: 1440
MP4:
1280 720/30p quality
Standard definition image quality (STD):
[Standard ]: Standard quality, Standard STD 9M (HQ)*
Models with the PAL color system:
High definition image quality (HD):
[50p Quality ]: 1920
[Highest Quality ]: 1920
quality, AVC HD 24M (FX)
[High Quality ]: 1920
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[ REC Mode].
1080/60p quality, AVC HD 28M (PS)*
1080/60i or 1920 1080/24p quality, AVC HD 24M (FX)
1080/60i or 1920 1080/24p quality, AVC HD 17M (FH)
1080/60i quality, AVC HD 9M (HQ)*
1080/60i quality, AVC HD 5M (LP)
1080/50p quality, AVC HD 28M (PS)*
1080/50i, 1920 1080/25p or 1920
1080/50i, 1920 1080/25p or 1920
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1080/24p ([24p Mode])
1080/24p ([24p Mode])
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