SONY'S LATEST DVD HANDYCAM CAMCORDER BRINGS HOME VIDEO TO THE BIG SCREEN

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 10, 2004 -- Sony's DCR-DVD301 camcorder, with its vast 3.5-inch SwivelScreen ^™ hybrid LCD display, will record directly to 3-inch DVD-R/-RW discs, which play in most current home and PC DVD players, as well as later releases of PlayStation ^®2 videogame consoles. The screen's hybrid technology minimizes LCD washout even in bright sunlight and can rotate up to 270-degrees for multiple viewing angles. Beyond its 3.5-inch screen, the camcorder will share most of the same features as the DCR-DVD201 DVD Handycam ^® camcorder, such as a one-megapixel Advanced HAD ^™ CCD imager and the ability to take one-megapixel digital still images. The DCR-DVD301 model will be available in October for about $1,100*.

For more information on the features the DCR-DVD301 camcorder shares with the DCR-DVD201 camcorder, please visit the following link: http://news.sel.sony.com/pressrelease/4364.

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Editor's Note: * The price of the DCR-DVD301 has been changed to $1,000.

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