Selecting The Right Disc; Camcorder - Sony Handycam HDR-UX7E Operating Manual

Selecting the right disc

You can use DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-R, and DVD+R DL discs of 8 cm in diameter with
your camcorder. What you can do with the recorded images depends on the image recording
quality, HD (high definition) or SD (standard definition), and the type of disc you selected.
HD (high definition) image quality
Disc type
Disc symbols
Deleting or editing images on your camcorder
(45, 47)
Finalizing required to play on other devices (53)
Making additional recordings on a finalized disc
(61)
Formatting the used disc to use it again (59)
Making longer recordings on a side of a disc
SD (standard definition) image quality
Disc type
Disc symbols
Deleting the last movie recorded (46)
Deleting or editing images on your

camcorder (45, 47)

Finalizing required to play on other
devices (53)
Making additional recordings on a
finalized disc (61)
Formatting the used disc to use it again
(59)
Making longer recordings on a side of a
disc
*1 There are 2 recording formats, VIDEO mode and VR mode, for DVD-RW.
*2 Finalizing is required to play the disc in a DVD drive on a computer. A DVD+RW that is not finalized
may cause the computer to malfunction.
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DVD-
DVD+
RW
a
a
a
a
-
1
DVD-RW
*
VIDEO VR
a a
-
a
a a
a a
a a
- -
( ) indicates the reference page.
DVD-R DVD+R
RW
-
a
a a
a -
a -
- -
DVD+ DVD-R DVD+R
RW
a -
- -
-*
2 a
a -
-
a
- -
DL
-
a
-
-
a
DL
-
-
a
-
-
a