Canon HG20 - Manual (Page 5)

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Enjoying High-Definition Video with your Camcorder
What are the advantages of a hard disk?
Your videos and photos are recorded on the built-in hard disk or commercially available
SD/SDHC memory cards
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using AVCHD specifications
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. This Double Media recording
system gives you longer recording times for more high-definition videos and photos.
• You can shoot approximately 11 hours (
120 GB HDD) or 5.5 hours ( 60 GB
HDD) of video in MXP mode, which offers the highest video quality under AVCHD
specifications.
• The camcorder records video and photos in unused space on the recording media so
you need not worry about accidentally recording over important videos.
• You can immediately access the scenes you want to play back from an index menu.
• You can easily manage your video and photo collections with the supplied editing
software: ImageMixer 3 (movies) and DIGITAL VIDEO Solution Disk (photos).
Can I play back my high-definition video on other
devices?
Needless to say, you can connect your camcorder to an HDTV to enjoy your recordings
with family and friends (
79). You also have the following options:
• You can easily play back video recorded on the memory card by inserting the
memory card directly into AVCHD-compatible TV sets and HDD or DVD recorders
that feature an SD/SDHC memory card slot
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. For details, refer to the instruction
manual of your TV or digital video recorder.
• You can play back AVCHD discs of your recordings created using the optional
DW-100 DVD Burner ( 80 ) on the DVD Burner itself or on AVCHD-compatible
DVD players or Blu-ray Disc players
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.
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For details about memory cards that can be used with this camcorder refer to Using a Memory
Card (
29).
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AVCHD is the new standard for recording high-definition video. With AVCHD specifications the
video signal is recorded using MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 compression and the audio signal is
recorded in Dolby Digital.
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Depending on the device used, correct playback may not be possible even if the device is
AVCHD-compatible. In such case, play back the recordings on the memory card using the
camcorder.
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AVCHD discs containing scenes recorded in MXP mode cannot be created with the optional
DW-100 DVD burner. Use the supplied software ImageMixer 3 to back up such scenes.