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Selecting the method for creating a disc of movies

Characteristics of each type of disc

Creating a disc with a device other than a computer

Creating Blu-ray discs

You can create a disc from AVCHD movies that have been recorded with this camera. Select the method that suits your disc player.

For details on the method for creating a disc using “PlayMemories Home”, see “PlayMemories Home Help Guide.”

To import movies into a PC, see [Details].

 

Recordable

 

Disc type/Purpose

movie quality

Player

 

FX

FH

HQ

 

 

 

 

 

Blu-ray disc playback devices (Sony Blu-ray

For saving images in high-definition

 

 

 

disc player, PlayStation 3, etc.)

image quality (HD)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For saving images in high-definition

 

 

 

AVCHD format playback devices (Sony Blu-

*

 

 

ray disc player, PlayStation 3, etc.)

image quality (HD) (AVCHD disc)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ordinary DVD playback devices (DVD

For saving images in standard

*

*

*

player, computer that can play DVDs, etc.)

definition image quality (STD)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Movies can be saved by converting them to lower image quality when creating a disc using “PlayMemories Home.”

Characteristics of each type of disc

 

Using a Blu-ray disc enables you to record high-definition image quality (HD)

 

High-definition

movies of a longer duration than DVD discs.

 

image quality

 

 

(HD)

 

 

 

 

 

 

High-definition image quality (HD) movies can be recorded on DVD media, such as

 

High-definition

DVD-R discs, and a high-definition image quality (HD) disc is created.

 

You can play a high-definition image quality (HD) disc on AVCHD format

 

image quality

 

playback devices, such as a Sony Blu-ray disc player and a PlayStation 3. You

 

(HD) (AVCHD

 

cannot play the disc on ordinary DVD players.

 

disc)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standard definition image quality (STD) movies converted from high-definition

 

 

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Sony DSC-WX80/R, DSC-WX80/B Selecting the method for creating a disc of movies, Characteristics of each type of disc

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