theatre packages ideally suited to the HD experience. These
transform your BRAVIA TV into a BRAVIA Theatre.”
HD isn’t something purely the domain of professionals
either. It’s also now possible to produce your own HD
content. Sony now has fi ve high defi nition Handycam models
available – such as the new HDRSR1 (pictured right) – that
let you shoot your own movies in high defi nition onto hard
disk using a new format (AVCHD) for capturing HD video,
up to 1080 lines, by more effi ciently compressing images.
“The detail is just brilliant, the picture is so clear, it’s like
looking at your memories through a window,” says Colley.
Many of Sony’s range of VAIO notebooks also have
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the capability to edit HD footage transferred from the
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camcorders. The fi nished movie can then be watched on
the computer or through a BRAVIA HD screen. Sony
also has a VAIO notebook equipped with Blu-ray. The
VGNAR18GP, $5499 (pictured left). With this VAIO,
you can burn your home movie onto a Blu-ray disc,
which can be played back on the VAIO, a Blu-ray player
or the soon to be released PLAYSTATION
®
3. Memories
shared with family and friends will come alive like never
before. In HD, it’s the closest you’ll come to reliving the
moment. “The world of entertainment never looked so
full on with colour, so full on with possibility, so full on
with detail,” says Colley.
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