JVC BR-HD50U - Compact HDV/DV Format Video Recorder Instruction Manual page 78

MENU SCREENS
Description of the Menu screens (continued)
VIDEO Menu screen (continued)
Item Setting value
ENATIVE (00)
OUT FOR-
MAT[50]
(0403)
ESQUEEZE (00)
DOWN CONV.
MODE
(0404)
E-74
Sets the video output format to output from COMPONENT OUT
576I (01) terminal or HDMI OUT terminal during HDV/DV signal input or
576P (02) playback. (Cross converter video)
1080I (03) * During HDV signal input or playback of a tape recorded with
720P (04) HDV signals, this menu item is valid when 60/50 SEL in the
SYSTEM [2/2] Menu screen is set to 50.
During DV signal input or playback of a tape recorded with DV
signals, this menu item applies to the E model.
NATIVE: Outputs IEEE1394 terminal video input format or the
576I
576P
1080I
720P
Memo
This menu item is valid when the MONITOR SELECT menu
item is set to OUT FRMT.
It is also valid when an HDMI monitor is not in use while the
MONITOR SELECT menu is set to HDMI[A].
During analog signal input, SD video (576i) is output from the
COMPONENT OUT terminal and HDMI OUT terminal, regard-
less of the menu settings.
The HDV signal is a wide-screen video signal (aspect ratio 16:9).
LETTER (01) When playing a tape recorded in HDV format, or during HDV sig-
SIDE CUT (02) nal input, the output from the LINE OUT terminal and Y/C OUT
terminal will be down-converted video (480i or 576i).
Set the style for displaying the down-converted playback video on
a display with a 4:3 aspect ratio.
Also, when OUT FORMAT [60] is set to 480i, or OUT FORMAT
[50] is set to 576i, this applies to the down-converted video output
from the COMPONENT OUT terminal during HDV signal input or
when playing back a tape recorded with HDV signals.
SQUEEZE
LETTER
SIDE CUT
Description
video format recorded on a tape, without conversion.
: Video with 576 effective scanlines, 50-field interlace
scan (SD video)
: Video with 576 effective scanlines, 50-frame progres-
sive scan (SD video)
: Video with 1080 effective scanlines, 50-field interlace
scan (HD video)
: Video with 720 effective scanlines, 50-frame progres-
sive scan (HD video)
: The video is compressed horizontally to display
wide-screen video on a display with a 4:3 aspect
ratio. The video will appear elongated vertically.
: Wide-screen video is displayed on a display with
a 4:3 aspect ratio, with the top and bottom black.
: Cuts the left and right of the wide-screen video
and displays on a display with a 4:3 aspect ratio.