Choosing the right media for you
Th
e type o
f
recor
d
ing me
d
ium you want wi
ll
d
epen
d
on
h
ow you p
l
an to use t
h
e materia
l
.
I
f
y
ou
d
on’t
h
ave time to e
d
it
y
our movies into
a master
p
iece and want to sim
p
l
y
record,
p
la
y
b
ack and share
y
our memories with famil
y
and
f
riends – then DVD is the way to go.
D
o you need long recording time for the
e
vents t
h
at go
f
or
h
ours an
d
h
ours? T
h
en t
h
e
Har
d
Dis
k
Drive Han
d
ycam is a goo
d
option.
Or
d
o
y
ou
j
ust want to ca
p
ture
y
our
p
recious
memories in the fi nest detail? Hi
g
h defi nition on
an
y
format is available too.
To help you fi nd the perfect model, jump
on
l
ine an
d
c
h
ec
k
out Sony’s Han
d
ycams at
sony.com.au. Here’s t
h
e
l
ow
d
own on t
h
e two
ma
j
or
f
ormats:
DVD
What’s it got to offer?
Th
e DVD Han
dy
cam ran
g
e stores vi
d
eo on
8
cm DVD discs
,
which can store between 20
minutes and 120 minutes of video, de
p
endin
g
o
n the recording quality selected and if double
s
i
d
e
d
d
iscs are use
d
. You can
b
uy eit
h
er write
o
nce (DVD-R) or rewrita
bl
e
(
DVD+RW
/
-RW
)
d
i
scs.
R
ew
ri
table
d
i
scs
ca
n
be
w
ri
tte
n
o
n
rou
g
hl
y
1000 times
.
Who does it suit?
T
he beaut
y
of DVD is that
y
ou can take
y
our
recorded video straight out of your Handycam
an
d
p
l
ay
b
ac
k
on any DVD p
l
ayer, even your
P
l
ayStatio
n
®
2 conso
l
e – no PC-
b
ase
d
e
d
iting is
re
q
uired. This makes it a
g
reat choice for
p
eo
p
le
w
ho sim
p
l
y
don’t have the time to transfer the
video to a PC and edit it. If you just want to
record and share the footage with friends and
f
ami
l
y t
h
is is t
h
e optimum c
h
oice. S
h
oot, eject,
p
l
ay – simp
l
e! DVD a
l
so gives you t
h
e c
h
oice to
d
o a sim
pl
e e
d
it in camera wit
h
-RW
d
iscs. Most
p
eo
p
le have a DVD
p
la
y
er, makin
g
it the ideal
ed u o s a g you v deo e o es.
m
ed
i
u
m f
o
r
s
h
a
rin
g
you
r
v
i
deo
m
e
m
o
ri
es.
H
ard disk drive
(
HDD
)
What’s it got to offer?
This recordin
g
method will store
y
our foota
g
e
o
n a fi xed hard disk drive inside the Handycam.
This provides the camera with an extraordinary
r
ecor
d
ing time. For examp
l
e, t
h
e DCRSR80
H
an
d
ycam (picture
d
a
b
ove),
h
as a 60GB
h
ar
d
d
is
k
w
h
ic
h
can recor
d
u
p
to a massive 40
h
ours
o
f record time before
y
ou have to co
py
the
video from the hard disk to a PC.
Who does it suit?
I
f
you want to go out an
d
fi
l
m a
ll
d
ay
l
ong, t
h
is
is t
h
e way to go.
Th
e HDD Han
dy
cam a
l
so
h
as a
g
reat
ca
p
acit
y
for fast transfers to PCs for editin
g
and
backu
p
and it
g
ives
y
ou fi ne control over
q
ualit
y
a
nd capacity balance too. Practically, it means
y
ou
d
on’t
h
ave to cart aroun
d
spare me
d
ia wit
h
y
ou w
h
en you are out an
d
a
b
out or trave
ll
ing.
You’
ll
nee
d
a com
p
uter
f
or e
d
itin
g
an
d
t
ransferrin
g
video to a fi nal media such as DV
D
Unlike DVD Hand
y
cam,
y
ou can’t
j
ust take th
e
hard disk out and
p
ut in another. On the fl i
p
s
i
d
e, you wi
ll
get
h
our a
f
ter
h
our o
f
recor
d
ing
t
ime
f
or events t
h
at require recor
d
ing stamina.
EASY BUY GUIDE
DVD
Pros
:
Portable, ver
y
a
ff
ordable, readil
y
available,
can be easil
y
shared with
f
riends and
f
amil
y
. Flexible
r
ecording option
s
Great for: Peo
p
le who don’t have the time or desire
to edit on a PC. You can use recorded video as is,
takin
g
the DVD out of the Hand
y
cam and pla
y
in
g
it
on a re
g
ular DVD pla
y
er
HDD
Pros
:
Hour a
f
ter hour o
f
recordin
g
time, no need to
carry media around
G
r
eat
f
o
r: PC-savvy people, recording events which
r
equ
i
re
l
ong recor
di
ng t
i
me suc
h
as sports matc
h
es
or
l
on
g
vacat
i
on
s
High Defi nition
Pros:
C
aptures ever
y
detail with stunnin
g
picture
clarity comparable to real li
f
e images. Ensures your
m
emories will be ready for the HD future (which is
where technology is headed
)
G
r
eat
f
o
r:
P
eop
l
e w
h
o want t
h
e ver
y
b
est qua
li
t
y
video ima
g
es, amateur
fi
lm makers and enthusiast
s
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