portable aspect ratio converter for xl2??

Marty Hudzik · August 4th, 2004, 07:35 AM

WoW! That is steep! I guess I'll have to make do for a while until I can figure out something that is reasonable!

Josh Brusin · May 22nd, 2005, 11:10 AM

So once the DVD is burned it will then box?

"I was sending over firewire using either component or s-video output. Then I dug out a long s-video cable and ran it to my 4:3 TV in the next room. No letterbox there either. Wierd. I guess you actually have to burn to disk for that to work? Didn't try cause I don't have extra disks handy, nor do I have any I recorded on hand. But if I put in a commercial anamorphic DVD it properly letterboxes it on a 4:3 screen. So maybe that's something it can only do on playback?"

Rob Lohman · May 25th, 2005, 04:46 AM

Yes, a DVD player will letterbox your video automatically IF the following two
criteria are true:

1) the video and disk are authored in 16:9 (meaning the 16:9 flag is ON)

2) the DVD player has been setup that a 4:3 "TV" is attached

This is why most movie DVD's coming out of Hollywood are in 16:9 anamorphic
widescreen. The disc will letterbox if people have a 4:3 system (and the DVD
player is setup properly).

Boyd Ostroff · May 25th, 2005, 08:10 AM

Josh: yes, this seems to be how my RDR-GX7 behaves. It doesn't letterbox anamorphic video during the record process, but when you burn a DVD with the widescreen menu option selected it will be letterboxed upon playback.

May 25th, 2005, 04:46 AM	#18
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Yes, a DVD player will letterbox your video automatically IF the following two criteria are true: 1) the video and disk are authored in 16:9 (meaning the 16:9 flag is ON) 2) the DVD player has been setup that a 4:3 "TV" is attached This is why most movie DVD's coming out of Hollywood are in 16:9 anamorphic widescreen. The disc will letterbox if people have a 4:3 system (and the DVD player is setup properly). __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

August 4th, 2004, 07:35 AM	#16
Marty Hudzik Trustee Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canton, Ohio Posts: 1,771	WoW! That is steep! I guess I'll have to make do for a while until I can figure out something that is reasonable!

May 22nd, 2005, 11:10 AM	#17
Josh Brusin Major Player Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 439	So once the DVD is burned it will then box? "I was sending over firewire using either component or s-video output. Then I dug out a long s-video cable and ran it to my 4:3 TV in the next room. No letterbox there either. Wierd. I guess you actually have to burn to disk for that to work? Didn't try cause I don't have extra disks handy, nor do I have any I recorded on hand. But if I put in a commercial anamorphic DVD it properly letterboxes it on a 4:3 screen. So maybe that's something it can only do on playback?"

May 25th, 2005, 08:10 AM	#19
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,787	Josh: yes, this seems to be how my RDR-GX7 behaves. It doesn't letterbox anamorphic video during the record process, but when you burn a DVD with the widescreen menu option selected it will be letterboxed upon playback.