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Barry Green · December 1st, 2004, 07:23 PM

<<<-- Originally posted by Danny Fye :

I wish there was an easy way to toggle between 4:3 and 16:9. The way it is now I have to go to the menu and wait and wait for the numbers to adjust. -->>>

AMEN! That is a royal pain in the patootie.

Serious Magic, PLEASE GET RID OF THE "letterbox" BUTTON AND REPLACE IT WITH A 16:9/4:3 ASPECT BUTTON.

(sorry for shouting, but man, you really have to do that). The letterbox function is much less useful than a true aspect ratio button would be. We're doing a 3-camera comparison between the DVX, XL2, and FX1, in 16:9 and 4:3, and it is exceptionally annoying to have to scroll through all the aspect ratios to finally get to 1.776.

Also, is there any valid reason to have all those aspect ratios? I mean, all we *need* is 4:3 and 16:9, and I imagine some experimenters may want 2.35, but all the others are quite unnecessary...

December 1st, 2004, 07:23 PM	#3
Barry Green Barry Wan Kenobi Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 3,525	Re: Got my DV Rack <<<-- Originally posted by Danny Fye : I wish there was an easy way to toggle between 4:3 and 16:9. The way it is now I have to go to the menu and wait and wait for the numbers to adjust. -->>> AMEN! That is a royal pain in the patootie. Serious Magic, PLEASE GET RID OF THE "letterbox" BUTTON AND REPLACE IT WITH A 16:9/4:3 ASPECT BUTTON. (sorry for shouting, but man, you really have to do that). The letterbox function is much less useful than a true aspect ratio button would be. We're doing a 3-camera comparison between the DVX, XL2, and FX1, in 16:9 and 4:3, and it is exceptionally annoying to have to scroll through all the aspect ratios to finally get to 1.776. Also, is there any valid reason to have all those aspect ratios? I mean, all we need is 4:3 and 16:9, and I imagine some experimenters may want 2.35, but all the others are quite unnecessary...