Usable cassettes and playback modes
Selecting cassette types
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This Hi8 system is an extension of the standard 8 mm system, and was developed to realize higher picture quality.
You can use either Hi8 or standard 8 mm video cassette for this camera. When you use a Hi8 video cassette, the recording is made in the Hi8 system. When you use a standard 8 mm video cassette, the recording is made in the standard 8 mm system. Standard
8 mm video cassette is incapable of recording in the Hi8 system.
If you intend to use a standard 8 mm video recorder/player to play back a video tape, you are required to use a standard 8 mm video cassette for recording.
What is Video 8 
“XR” is an abbreviation of “Extended Resolution.” The video 8 XR camcorder is new type of 8 mm camcorder with a picture quality superior to the conventional video 8 camcorder respectively. You can record and play back pictures more clearly with the “XR” camcorder.
A video tape recorded by the “XR” camcorder gives excellent picture quality at maximum when it is played back on the “XR” camcorder.
When a video tape recorded by this “XR” camcorder is played back on a conventional 8 camcorder or when a video tape recorded on a conventional 8 camcorder is played back on this “XR” camcorder, the playback picture has the normal quality of an 8 camcorder.
When you play back
The playback mode (SP/LP) and system (Hi8/standard 8 mm) are selected automatically according to the format in which the tape has been recorded. The quality of the recorded picture in LP mode, however, will not be as good as that in SP mode.
Foreign 8 mm video
Because the TV color systems differ from country to country, you may not be able to play back foreign
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