Sony NEX-VG20H User Manual

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Selecting the recording mode

You can switch the recording mode to 

select the movie quality when recording 

high definition image quality (HD) movies 

([Standard 

] is the default setting). 

The recording time of the memory card is 

changed depending on the recording mode.

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Touch 

 (MENU)  [Image 

Quality/Size]  [

REC Mode].

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Touch the desired recording 
mode.

The recording modes available will 

depend on the selected [

Frame 

Rate] (p.80).

*

   appears on a medium icon if a movie 

recorded with the selected recording 

mode cannot be saved on that medium.

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Touch 

.

Recording modes and the media

Types of media that images can be saved 

on will depend on the recording mode 

selected.

For details on a save operation using the 

external devices, see page 61.

Types of media

Recording mode

PS

*

FX

FH/

HQ/LP

On this camcorder

Memory card

On external devices

External media 

(USB storage 

devices)
Blu-ray discs
AVCHD 

recording discs

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*

  [PS] can be set only when [

Frame Rate] is 

set to [60p].

Tips

Movies are recorded with the 1920  1080/60p 

format when the PS mode of high definition 

image quality (HD) is selected, and with 1920  

1080/60i or 1920  1080/24p format when the 

FX or FH mode is selected. When the HQ or 

LP mode of high definition image quality (HD) 

is selected, movies are recorded with 1440  

1080/60i format.

You can select the following high definition 

image quality (HD) recording mode.

[60p Quality 

] (AVC HD 28M (PS))

[Highest Quality 

] (AVC HD 24M (FX))

[High Quality 

] (AVC HD 17M (FH))

[Standard 

] (AVC HD 9M (HQ)) (the 

default setting)

[Long Time 

] (AVC HD 5M (LP))

The recording mode of the standard image 

quality (STD) is limited to the following value.

[Standard 

] (STD 9M (HQ))

“M,” such as in “24M,” means “Mbps.”

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