5IntroductionEnjoying High-Definition VideoPreserve your most treasured memories, be it unforgettable scenery orcherished moments spent with family and friends, with high-definition videorecordings of a quality second only to actually being there.What is High-Definition Video?High-definition video (HDV) allows you to recordvideo of unparalleled high quality on regularminiDV tapes. HDV is composed of 1,080horizontal lines –that is more than twice thenumber of horizontal lines and approximately 4times the number of pixels in standard-definitionTV broadcasts– resulting in eye-catching colorsand richly detailed video recordings.How to play back your HDV recordings? On a high-definition TV (HDTV) ( 68)HDV recordings will be played back in their original high quality. On standard definition TVs ( 69)HDV recordings will be down-converted to match the resolution of the TV set.What is the Cinema Mode?Give your recordings a cinematic look by using the [ CINE MODE]recording program ( 45). Combine this recording mode with the high-definition, 24 fps progressive frame rate [ HDV(PF24)] ( 38) to getthe enhanced effect of the 24p Cinema Mode.1,080 linesCOPY
