The Sony DCR-TRV460 Digital8® Handycam® camcorder gives you the best digital features at the price of an analog. Just some of its numerous features include a huge 2.5” SwivelScreen™ LCD display, a monstrous 20X optical zoom, NightShot® Plus infrared recording, USB streaming, and Stamina® Battery Power Management System. It also includes touch-screen operation through the LCD display and digital still image capture onto convenient Memory Stick® Media. Plus, Digital8® recording means high-quality digital recording on inexpensive Hi8 and 8mm video cassettes, so you get professional results without paying professional prices. It’s the digital camcorder that anyone can afford!

Features:

• Digital8® Video Recording
• Digital Still Memory Mode
• Easy Handycam Button
• MPEG Movie EX Mode
• SteadyShot®
• USB Streaming
• i.LINK® Interface
• NightShot® Plus Infrared System
• Stamina® Power
• 1/6" CCD Imager, 460K Pixels Gross
• 1/6" CCD imager with 290K (effective) pixels provides great detail and clarity, with exceptional analog video performance.
• 20X Optical/990X Digital Zoom The optical zoom helps to bring the action up close from far away. In addition, the digital zoom interpolation means that extreme digital zooming is clearer, with less distortion than previous types of digital zooms.
• Backward Compatibility The DCR-TRV460 is capable of playing back 8mm, Hi8 and Digital8 video tapes for maximum convenience for those who have an existing library of analog cassettes.
• 2.5" SwivelScreen™ Touch Panel LCD Display (123K Pixels) Provides excellent viewing clarity with improved resolution. The high-resolution 123K pixel LCD rotates up to 270-degrees for multiple viewing angles providing sharp detailed images for monitoring or playback.
• InfoLithium® Battery with AccuPower™ Meter System Charge the battery at any time because unlike NiCad (Nickel Cadmium) batteries, Sony’s rechargeable Lithium-Ion batteries are not subjected to a life shortening “memory effect”. Sony’s exclusive AccuPower™ meter displays the battery time remaining in minutes in the viewfinder or the LCD screen.
• Digital Still Memory Mode Capable with Memory Stick® Media Digital Still Memory Mode captures high-quality still images at 640 x 480 resolution directly to Memory Stick or Memory Stick PRO™ Media. Images are stored in the JPEG format providing easy transfer to PCs for emailing, printing or sharing with friends and family.
• Analog-to-Digital Conversion with Pass Through Convert and/or record any analog NTSC video source to digital video via the analog inputs. Analog NTSC video can also be passed through the Digital Handycam® camcorder directly into a PC via the i.LINK® interface in real-time for easy PC editing of your analog footage.
• Easy Dubbing Connect the Handycam camcorder to a VCR deck to make VHS copies of your home videos quickly and easily. The camcorder will control up to 59 brands of VCRs.
• Stamina® Battery Power Management System Using the optional NP-QM91D InfoLithium® battery the DCR-TRV460 can continuously record up to 10 hours on one complete charge, providing extra long battery life.
• Program AE (Auto Exposure) Modes Program AE modes make recording easy even when filming in challenging situations. Choose from Portrait, Beach & Ski, Sports Lesson, Landscape, Spotlight, Sunset & Moon modes.
• Picture Effects Get creative when recording or playing back videos with Sony’s Picture Effect modes. Effects available in Camera mode: Negative Art, Sepia, Monotone, Solarize, Pastel and Mosaic. Effects available in Playback mode: Negative Art, Sepia, Black & White and Solarize.
• End Search Advances the video tape to the last 5 seconds of the recorded scene. This prevents accidentally recording over previous recorded videos.
• Fader Effects Enhance your personal videos by adding professional looking fader effects. Choose from Black, Mosaic, White, Bounce, Overlap, Wipe, Monotone and Random Dot.
• * i.LINK is a trademark of Sony, used only to designate that a product contains an IEEE1394 connector. All products with an IEEE1394 connector may not communicate with each other.

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