Choosing A Disc - Sony Handycam DCR-DVD7 Operating Manual

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Choosing a disc

What kinds of disc can I use?
The kinds of disc that you can use in your DVD Handycam are as follows. When you use a
DVD-RW, you can choose the recording format from VIDEO mode or VR mode.
Disc type and the recording
format
Marks used in this manual
Features
Use Sony disc or discs with the
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disc has the
Differences in the recording
format on DVD-RWs
has wide compatibility with other
players.
(Video Recording mode) enables
you to edit, such as deleting or dividing
scenes, the material you have recorded on
your DVD Handycam. Once you finalize
the disc, you can play back the disc with a
DVD player that supports VR mode.
Refer to the specifications of your playback
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equipment for additional compatibility
information.
* Formatting makes a disc ready for recording. Also, formatting removes all images data from a previously
recorded disc, allowing you to recover the full capacity of that disc. Therefore, you can use the disc
repeatedly (p. 47).
8cm DVD-R
VIDEO mode
This kind This kind of disc can be overwritten repeatedly,
of disc can even when the disc is full, if you format* it.
be recorded
only once.
mark. Depending on the place you bought it, the
mark.
Note on DVD+RW
If you playback the DVD+RW recorded in
[16:9WIDE] (p. 55) on a DVD player connected
to a 4:3 TV which does not support 16:9 pictures,
the picture will appear compressed lengthwise. If
the DVD+RW is recorded in the default setting,
the picture will appear in 4:3 ratio when it is
played back under the above condition.
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8cm DVD-RW
VR mode
Refer to the instruction manuals supplied with
your TV.
Examples of incompatible
discs
12cm DVD-R
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12cm DVD-RW
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12cm DVD+RW
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DVD+R
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DVD-RAM
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DVD-ROM
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8cm DVD+RW
CD
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CD-R
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CD-ROM
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CD-RW
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