Using The Wide Mode - Sony DCR-TRV140 Operating Instructions Manual

Using the wide mode

– DCR-TRV140
You can record a 16:9 wide picture to watch on the 16:9 wide-screen TV (16:9WIDE).
Black bands appear on the screen during recording in the 16:9WIDE mode [a]. The
pictures during playing back on a normal TV [b] or a wide-screen TV [c] are compressed
in the widthwise direction. If you set the screen mode of a wide-screen TV to the full
mode, you can watch correctly proportioned images in wide-screen format [d].
16:9WIDE
16:9WIDE
[a]
In CAMERA mode, set 16:9WIDE to ON in
– CCD-TRV107/TRV108/TRV308/TRV408/TRV608
You can record a cinema-like picture (CINEMA) or a 16:9 wide picture to watch on the
16:9 wide-screen TV (16:9FULL). Refer to the operating instructions of your TV.
CINEMA
Black bands appear on the screen during recording in the CINEMA mode [a], playing
back on a normal TV [b] or a wide-screen TV [c]. If you set the screen mode of the wide-
screen TV to the zoom mode, a picture without black bands appears [d].
16:9FULL
The picture during recording in the 16:9FULL mode [e], or playing back on a normal TV
[f] or a wide-screen TV [g] is horizontally compressed. If you set the screen mode of a
wide-screen TV to the full mode, you can watch correctly proportioned images in wide-
screen format [h].
CINEMA
[a]
16:9FULL
[e]
[b]
[c]
[b]
CINEMA
[c]
[f]
16:9FULL
[g]
[d]
in the menu settings (p. 107).
[d]
[h]
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