Sony HDR-CX160 Handycam® Handbook - Page 75
Image Quality/Size (Items for setting up image quality or size), Items for setting up image
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Table of Contents Enjoy Useful Functions Image Quality/Size (Items for setting up image quality or size) See "Using menus" (p. 64) on the operation. The default settings are marked with . REC Mode See page 35. Frame Rate You can select the frame rate to be used to record high definition image quality (HD) movies. Using [60i] is recommended for standard recording. Set [ Frame Rate] first, before setting [ REC Mode] (p. 35). 60i For ordinary recording, this frame rate is recommended. 60p You can record movies with a volume of data twice that of 60i with this setting, and this will allow you to enjoy clear images. When you play a movie recorded with this setting on a TV, the TV has to be compatible with 60p movie playback. If the TV is not compatible with 60p movie playback, the movie will be output as a 60i movie. Notes The media that the recorded images can be saved on will depend on the recording mode that has been set during recording. For details, see page 36. Tips Frame rate means the number of images that are updated in a certain period of time. / Setting See page 35. Wide Mode When recording standard definition image quality (STD) movies, you can select the horizontal to vertical ratio according to the TV connected. Refer also to the instruction manuals supplied with your TV. 16:9 WIDE Records movies to the full screen on a 16:9 (wide) TV screen. 4:3 ( ) Records movies to the full screen on a 4:3 TV screen. Notes Set [TV Type] correctly according to the TV connected for playback (p. 79). x.v.Color You can capture wider range of colors. Various colors such as the brilliant color of flowers and turquoise blue of the sea can be more faithfully reproduced. Refer to the instruction manuals of the TV. Off Records in ordinary color range. On ( ) Records in x.v.Color. Notes Set [ x.v.Color] to [On] when the recorded movie will be played back on an x.v.Colorcompliant TV. If the movie recorded with this function [On] is played back on a non-x.v.Color-compliant TV, the color may not be reproduced correctly. [ x.v.Color] cannot be set to [On]: When the image quality is set to the standard definition image quality (STD) While recording a movie Index US 75