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HIGH DEFINITION

What is High Definition (HD)?

For many years, people have been watching TV and DVD in Standard Definition (SD), This means the video has a maximum resolution of 720 pixels across by 576 pixels high (PAL) i.e. there are 576 horizontal lines in the image. High Definition (HD) offers a much higher resolution than SD, increasing the level of detail and size at which the image can be displayed clearly.

Full HD 1080

There are two main types of HD resolution. 720 lines of resolution is generally referred to as HD while 1080 lines of resolution is known as Full HD and offers up to 5x the resolution of standard definition or DVD resulting in amazing picture quality.

High Definition Multimedia Interface

This connection allows users to connect a display device directly to the VAIO, transferring Full HD video as well as audio via the one cable.

Available on VGNAR38G

576 lines		720 lines	1080 lines

Full HD

BLU-RAY DISC

Blu-ray

Blu-ray is the next generation of optical disc, named after the blue laser that reads

it. A single layer DVD can hold up to 4.7GB of data while a dual layer DVD can hold up to 8.5GB. In contrast, a Blu-ray disc, while looking physically similar, can hold 25GB on a single layer (almost 2 hours of HDV footage) and 50GB on a dual layer disc. The larger storage capacity means you can now store and playback higher quality videos with higher quality audio. Users can now also store up to five times the amount of data they could on a regular DVD.

The Future of Blu-ray	Write Once	Re-writeable
Already the benefits of this larger data capacity
are being realised in Sony’s next-generation
console, Playstation ® 3. With unrivalled support
from movie studios as well as electronics
companies, Blu-ray is set to be the future in
High Definition media. The VAIO AR series
notebook, with an in-built Blu-ray burner not	BD-R 25GB	BD-RE 25GB
only can record full High Definition, using
Sony’s affordable HD Handycams, but can also
store those memories for playing back, without
compromising quality.
	BD-R DL 50GB (Dual Layer)	BD-RE DL 50GB (Dual Layer)

www.sony.com.au

Available on VGNAR38G and BWU100A

VGNAR38G

BWU1