Hitachi DV-DS161E, DV-DS81E instruction manual Recording time and picture quality

Notes for recording time

•When recording a TV broadcast, if the reception is poor or the picture contains interference, the record- ing times may be shorter.

•The recording time available may decrease if you heavily edit a disc.

•The recording times shown are not exact because the recorder uses variable bit-rate video compres- sion so the displayed times for recording and time remaining may not always add up to exactly the length of the disc.

•If you record still pictures or audio only, the record- ing time may be longer.

•When using a DVD-R or DVD+R disc, you can keep recording until the disc is full, or until you finalize the disc. Before you start a recording session, check the amount of recording time left on the disc.

•When using a DVD-RW disc in Video mode, record- ing time available will only increase if you erase the last title recorded on the disc.

•The Delete Title operation in the Title List (Original) menu only hides the title, it does not actually erase the title from the disc and increase the recording time available (except for the last recorded title on a DVD-RW disc in Video mode).

Recording time and picture quality

There are four preset recording quality modes:

•XP – Highest quality setting, gives about 1 hour of recording time on a DVD (4.7GB).

•SP – Default quality, sufficient for most applications, gives about 2 hours of recording time on a DVD (4.7GB).

•LP – Slightly lower video quality, gives about 4 hour of recording time on a DVD disc (4.7GB).

•EP – Lowest video quality, gives about 6 hour of recording time on a DVD (4.7GB).

You may see a fragmented picture during playing back the contents recorded in EP mode .

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