Sony HDR-TD20V Specification Guide

Dolby

Digital 5.1 channel recording captures active sounds coming from all directions, so you

can experience your home movies the way you experienced them while recording.

Expanded recording/monitoring with mic/headphone jack

Features dedicated mic and headphone inputs for expanded audio recording options and

convenient monitoring of audio with headphones (external microphones and headphones sold

separately).

Active Interface Shoe to attach intelligent accessories

The Active Interface Shoe lets you mount Intelligent Accessories, such as external lights and

microphones, which can help extend the capabilities of your camcorder.

Event Browse groups photos/videos for you for easy reference

Event Browse conveniently groups your images and videos together for easier viewing. The date

range that Event Browse groups your pictures and videos is easily adjusted to suit your needs.

When used with the Highlight Playback feature, making and sharing a highlight reel from your

event is easy and fun.

Highlight Playback creates movies with transitions for you

Why spend hours editing your movies when you can let your camcorder do it for you? Highlight

Playback identifies and compiles key scenes into a short, entertaining movie complete with

music and transitions. You can even pinpoint the exact scene you want to include in the highlight

reel. The easy 2D/3D selector switch allows you to show only 3D video when 3D is selected. For

2D playback of all video, set the switch to 2D and the camera will display 2D and 3D videos for

playback on a standard HDTV.

Clear Phase stereo speakers for true and dynamic sound

Bring your video alive with Clear Phase stereo speakers with linear phase correction. Drawing

on Sony’s high-end audio expertise, renown S-Master™ digital amplifier technology is utilized to

produce more true-to-life sound.

Direct Copy to external HDD without PC

Store your memories in a whole new way with the ability to copy videos from your camcorder

directly to an external hard disk drive

(sold separately), all without a computer. Your camcorder

can also access videos stored on the external hard drive for playback on your HDTV

(HDMI

cable required), allowing you to utilize the camcorder’s handy playback features.

Wind noise reduction for clear voice recording

Wind Reduction reduces noise and interference that is produced when wind passes over the

microphone, giving you a clearer and more enjoyable sound experience.

Intelligent Auto (180 different scene combinations possible)

Intelligent Auto mode goes a step beyond traditional auto modes by analyzing your shot and

then automatically selecting the appropriate settings from ten distinct scene modes and wind

noise reduction. There are 180 different combinations possible: Landscape, Backlight, Twilight,

Spotlight, Low light, Macro, Portait, Baby, Walk, Tripod, Wind Noise Reduction. Thie camcorder

utilizes an advanced sound processor and sophisticated noise reduction algorithms to reduce

wind noise by up to 10db compared to other models. In addition to reducing low frequency

noise, iAuto also suppresses mid- and upper-frequency noise, resulting in clearer, more enjoyable

sound.

Golf Shot

Building on the slow-motion capture capabilities of Smooth Slow Record, Golf Shot captures a

few seconds of motion as a sequence of up to 22 still images, which can be viewed/printed

individually or as a composite “sequence shot” image, perfect for analyzing the nuances of a

golf swing, tennis serve, and other fast action.

Built-in Flash for still photography

The built-in flash will help you shed light on your subjects when shooting still images, giving you

more flexibility when capturing memories.

Built-in USB cable for easy file transfer/charge