Recording Modes And Approximate Recording Times; Maximum Number Of Titles That Can Be Recorded - Panasonic DMR-BW880 Operating Instructions Manual

Recording modes and approximate recording times

Depending on the content being recorded, the recording time may become shorter than indicated.
Recording Mode
(500 GB)
DR 80 hours
§1
(High Definition (HD)
quality: estimated bit
rate is 13 Mbps)
170 hours
DR
§1
(Standard Definition
(SD) quality:
estimated bit rate is
6 Mbps)
HG 79 hours
HX 118 hours
HE 177 hours
HL 237 hours
HM 343 hours
XP 108 hours
SP 216 hours
LP 432 hours
EP 864 hours
(648 hours
Recording time of DR mode may vary depending on bit rate of broadcasting.
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When "Recording time in EP mode" is set to "6 hours" (
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∫ Regarding recording time remaining
≥DR mode
Remaining time in the DR mode is calculated with a bit rate of approx. 13 Mbps. But the bit rate differs depending on the
broadcast, so the displayed remaining time might be different from the actual remaining time.
≥Other recording modes
This unit records using a VBR (Variable bit rate) data compression system to vary recorded data segments to match
video data segments which may cause differences in the displayed amount of time and space remaining for recording.

Maximum number of titles that can be recorded

[HDD]
[BD-RE] [BD-R]
[RAM] [-R] [-R]DL] [-RW‹V›]
[+R] [+R]DL] [+RW]
[HDD] [BD-RE] [BD-R]
Single Layer Dual Layer
(25 GB)
4 hours
8 hours
30 min.
4 hours
6 hours
9 hours
12 hours
17 hours
30 min.
5 hours
15 min.
10 hours
30 min.
21 hours
42 hours
(31 hours
) (63 hours
§2
30 min. )
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999 titles
(When continuously recording for long durations, titles are automatically divided every 8 hours.)
200 titles on one disc.
99 titles on one disc.
49 titles on one disc.
[RAM]
Single-sided
(50 GB) (4.7 GB)
8 hours –
17 hours –
8 hours –
12 hours –
18 hours –
24 hours –
35 hours –
10 hours 1 hour
30 min.
21 hours 2 hours
42 hours 4 hours
84 hours 8 hours
) (6 hours )
§2 §2
76).
[-R]
[-RW‹V›]
Double-
[+R]
sided
[+RW]
(9.4 GB)
(4.7 GB)
– –
– –
– –
– –
– –
– –
– –
2 hours 1 hour
4 hours 2 hours
8 hours 4 hours
16 hours 8 hours
(12 hours ) (6 hours )
§2 §2
[-R]DL]
[+R]DL]
(8.5 GB)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 hour
45 min.
3 hours
35 min.
7 hours
10 min.
14 hours
20 min.
(10 hours
45 min. )
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