Sony HANDYCAM VISION TRV208E Operating Instructions Manual page 172

About video cassettes
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TRV408E only
Selecting the cassette type
You can use both Hi8
video cassettes on your camcorder. When you
use a Hi8 video cassette, recording and
playback are carried out in the Hi8
When you use a standard 8 mm
recording and playback are 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 system is an extension of the
standard 8 mm
produce higher quality pictures.
You cannot play back a tape recorded in the Hi8
system correctly on video 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 or standard 8 mm
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 colour 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. 178) to check the TV
colour systems used in foreign countries.
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and standard 8 mm
video cassette,
system.
system, and was developed to
is automatically
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system.