Video Format And Output Signals - Sony PMW-EX30 Operating Instructions Manual

Video format choices
Video format choices vary with the
"Country" setting of the OTHERS menu.

Video format and output signals

"HDMI/CMPNT/SDI Out SEL" of the
VIDEO SET menu allows you to select
whether the digital output signals from the
COMPONENT, HD/SD SDI OUTPUT,
and HDMI connectors are to be HD signals
corresponding to the video format or down-
converted SD signals.
Relations between the video format of the
input signal or the clip played back and the
format of the video signals output from the
COMPONENT, HD/SD SDI OUTPUT,
and HDMI connectors are shown in the
tables on page 31 and page 32.
The format of the video signals output from
the HDV/DV connector is shown in the
following tables.
When the "i.LINK I/O Select"
setting of the VIDEO SET menu is
"HDV"
Source video
format
NTSC SP1080/60i 1080/59.94i
PAL SP1080/50i
30 Video Format and Input/Output Signals
Output video
format
1080/50i
When "Country" is set to "NTSC Area":
HQ 1080/60i, SP 1080/60i, HQ 720/
60P, HQ 1080/24P, HQ 1080/30P
When "Country" is set to "PAL Area":
HQ 1080/50i, SP 1080/50i, HQ 720/
50P, HQ 1080/25P
Note
It is not possible to change the video format
after recording or playback is started.
When the "i.LINK I/O Select"
setting of the VIDEO SET menu is
"DVCAM" (for playback only)
Source video format
NTSC HQ1080/60i
SP1080/60i
SP1080/24P
HQ1080/30P
HQ720/60P
HQ720/30P
PAL HQ1080/50i
SP1080/50i
SP1080/25P
HQ1080/25P
HQ720/50P
HQ720/25P
Note
When an HDV-format signal is input to the
HDV/DV connector, note the following
points.
• Set the video format to SP 1080/60i
(when "Country" is set to "NTSC Area")
or SP 1080/50i (when "Country" is set to
"PAL Area") on this unit. (It is not
possible to input an HDV-format signal
Output video
format
480/59.94i
576/50i