Changing The Movie Quality (Video Mode); Recording Movies For Wide-Screen Tvs (16:9) - Hitachi DZ-HS903A Instruction Manual

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Changing the Movie
Quality (VIDEO Mode)
You can change the movie recording
quality to make high quality
recordings or lower the quality to
record over longer periods of time.
HDD movie quality
and recordable time
(DZ-HS903A)
Video
Quality
Mode
XTRA* Best
FINE High
Extended
STD
recording
(DZ-HS803A)
Video
Quality
Mode
XTRA* Best
FINE High
Extended
STD
recording
DVD movie quality
and recordable time
Video
Quality
Mode
Best
XTRA*
FINE High
Extended
STD
recording
* In high temperature environments, the
image quality may be degraded to an
FINE equivalent.
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Recordable time
Approx. 7 hrs.
Approx. 11 hrs.
Approx. 23 hrs.
Recordable time
Approx. 1 hr.
50 mins.
Approx. 3 hrs.
Approx. 6 hrs.
Recordable time
Approx. 18 mins.
Approx. 30 mins.
Approx. 60 mins.
Switching movie quality
1
During record pause, press MENU.
Select "Record Functions Setup"
2
"VIDEO Mode"
option
Press the confirmation button to
confirm, then MENU to end.
The selected movie quality will be
displayed in the LCD monitor
3
(p.42).
• The movie quality setting is
retained in memory even if the
power is turned off.
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Recording Movies for
Wide-Screen TVs
(16:9)
If you intend to view recorded movies
on a wide-screen TV (aspect ratio
16:9), set "16:9" to "On" before
recording. (When "16:9" is set to
"Off", movies are recorded in 4:3
aspect ratio.)
The image appearing on the LCD
screen differs according to the "16:9"
setting as follows.
a movie quality
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