Sony Digital Camcorders DCR-DVD100/200/300.It's hard to be patient when you're a total gadget freak, but if you can manage it, you reap the dividends. Sony has just released information on a widget Pronounced "wih-jit," for decades, the term has been a popular word for a generic "thing" when there is no real name for it. It is often used to describe examples of made-up products along with other fictitious names; for example, "10 widgets, 5 frabbits and 2 dingits. that, at long last, makes me want to update my own digital camcorder--this one records to DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. The recorded discs will play back in most DVD players, including PC drives and Sony PlayStation 2s. Being Sony, they don't mention Xbox, but it should play back in those too, unless they've craftily included some software trickery Trickery See also Cunning, Deceit, Humbuggery. Bunsby, Captain Jack trapped into marriage by landlady. [Br. Lit.: Dombey and Son] Camacho cheated of bride after lavish wedding preparations. [Span. Lit. to prevent that! The series (DCR-DVD100, DCR-DVD200 and DCR-DVD300) uses 3-inch DVD-R (DVD-Recordable) A write-once (read only) DVD disc for both movies and data endorsed by the DVD Forum. DVD-Rs are often called "DVD Dash Rs" or "DVD Minus Rs" to distinguish them from the competing "Plus R" format (see DVD+R). and DVD-RW (DVD-Read Write) A rewritable (re-recordable) DVD disc for both movies and data from the DVD Forum. Also called "DVD Dash RW" and "DVD Minus RW," DVD-RW uses phase change recording. The media hold 4.7GB per side and can be rewritten 1,000 times. discs and will record both still (640x480 on the 100 model, 1152x864 on the other two) and up to 60 minutes of moving images. The lens comes from Carl Zeiss again, so you're guaranteed high quality, with a 10x optical zoom. Instant access to your footage, DVD-style, thumbnails and all that goodness is now at your fingertips, folks, and the cameras are even smart enough to stop you recording over stuff you've already taken. It's possible to edit the discs while they're still in the camera. Sony claims that the special "Super NightShot" shooting mode will allow users to take pictures in total darkness. Open price, but approximately [yen] 43,000. More info: http://news.sel.sony.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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