Video

Disc Playback on External Devices

After finalizing the disc you can play it on DVD devices compatible with the type of disc you used and the disc quality and specifications you selected. For a summary, you can refer to the sidebar on page 70. However, to be sure, always refer to the instruction manual of the external device and make sure it is compatible before inserting the disc.

ON A DVD PLAYER

1 Turn on the TV and DVD player.

2Insert a finalized disc in the DVD player.

3Select the scene you want to play from the index screen.

Compatibility of External Devices

ON A cOMPUTER’S DVD DRIVE

1Insert a finalized disc in the DVD drive.

2Run the DVD playback software. Refer also to the instruction manual and help modules of your DVD playback software.

IMPORTANT

Discs recorded in HD quality can be played back only with AVCHD-compatible DVD players. Do not insert a disc recorded in HD quality into a DVD player that is not compatible with AVCHD specifications as you may not be able to eject the disc.

The type of disc used and the disc quality and specifications selected when recording it will determine the external DVD devices you can use to play back the disc.

Disc Type/Specification

Compatible DVD Players

 

 

Discs recorded in HD quality

DVD players compatible with AVCHD

(any disc type)

specifications

 

 

Discs recorded in SD quality, VIDEO mode

Most common DVD players

(any disc type)

 

 

 

DVD-RW discs recorded in SD quality, VR mode

DVD players that can read DVD-RW discs and

 

are compatible with VR mode

 

 

DVD-R DL discs

DVD players that can read dual-layered discs

 

 

Note that correct playback cannot be guaranteed for all DVD devices, even if they comply with the compatibility requirements listed above.

70