Panasonic Diga Blu-ray DMR-BCT950 Operating Instructions Manual page 113

Recording modes and approximate recording
times
Depending on the content being recorded, the
recording time may become shorter than indicated.
∫ DR mode
Recording HDD
Mode
(2 TB)
DR (HD 303 hours
quality)
DR (SD 847 hours
quality)
• Recording time of DR mode may vary
depending on the bit rate of broadcasting:
• High Definition (HD) quality: estimated bit rate
is 14 Mbps
• Standard Definition (SD) quality: estimated bit
rate is 5 Mbps
• Regarding recording time remaining:
Remaining time in the DR mode is calculated with a bit
rate of 14 Mbps. But the bit rate differs depending on
the broadcast, so the displayed remaining time might
be different from the actual remaining time.
∫ HG, HX, HE, HL, HM modes
Recording HDD
Mode
(2 TB)
HG 315 hours
HX 471 hours
HE 707 hours
HL 946 hours
HM 1370 hours
∫ XP, SP, LP, EP modes
BD-RE, BD-R
Single Dual
Layer Layer
(25 GB) (50 GB)
3 hours 7 hours
30 min. 30 min.
10 hours 21 hours
15 min.
BD-RE, BD-R
• Regarding recording time remaining:
Single Dual
Layer Layer
(25 GB) (50 GB)
4 hours 8 hours
6 hours 12 hours
9 hours 18 hours
12 hours 24 hours
17 hours 35 hours
30 min.
Recording HDD
Mode
(2 TB)
XP 431 hours
SP 863 hours
LP 1726 hours
EP 3452 hours
Recording DVD-RAM
Mode
Single- Double-
sided sided
(4.7 GB) (9.4 GB)
XP 1 hour 2 hours
SP 2 hours 4 hours 2 hours 3 hours
LP 4 hours 8 hours 4 hours 7 hours
EP 8 hours 16 hours 8 hours 14 hours
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.
Reference
BD-RE, BD-R
Single Dual
Layer Layer
(25 GB) (50 GB)
5 hours 10 hours
15 min. 30 min.
10 hours 21 hours
30 min.
21 hours 42 hours
42 hours 84 hours
DVD-R, DVD-R
DL,
DVD-RW,
+R DL
+R,
(8.5 GB)
+RW
(4.7 GB)
1 hour 1 hour
45 min.
35 min.
10 min.
20 min.
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