Sony DCR-TRV140 Operating Instructions Manual page 123

About video cassettes
– CCD-TRV107/TRV108/TRV308/TRV408/TRV608
Selecting the cassette type
You can use both Hi8
When you use a Hi8
Hi8 system. When you use a standard 8 mm
playback are carried out in the standard 8 mm
However, if you record on a Hi8
carried out in the standard 8 mm
If you play back a tape recorded on a different video recorder on your camcorder, the
playback mode is automatically selected according to the format in which the tape has
been recorded.
This Hi8
developed to produce higher quality pictures.
You cannot play back a tape recorded in the Hi8
recorders/players other than a Hi8 video recorder/player.
is a trademark.
is a trademark.
When you play back
The playback mode (SP/LP) and system, Hi8
automatically selected according to the format in which the tape has been recorded. The
quality of the recorded picture in the LP mode, however, will not be as good as the SP
mode.
Foreign 8 mm video
Because TV color systems differ from country to country, you may not be able to play
back foreign pre-recorded tapes. Refer to "Using your camcorder abroad" (p. 128) to
check the TV color systems used in foreign countries.
and standard 8 mm
video cassette, recording and playback are carried out in the
system.
system is an extension of the standard 8 mm
video cassettes on your camcorder.
video cassette, recording and
system.
video cassette in the LP mode, recording is
system correctly on video
or standard 8 mm
system, and was
are
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