Viewing 16:9 Letterboxed Image via S-Video at DVinfo.net

Evan Fisher · September 20th, 2004, 05:21 PM

If I'm not mistaken, the XL2 manual says that I should be able to view a 16:9 letterboxed image on my monitor if I play out via s-video. All that I see is a squeezed image (albeit a beautiful one). Is there some setting I've missed? Maybe my monitor is too old to recognize this format? Did I read the manual incorrectly?

Thanks.

Jim Giberti · September 20th, 2004, 06:14 PM

Evan, your monitor needs to havee 16:9 as a switchable option. If it's a broadcast monitor there's a good chance it does. If it's a Sony 8044/8045 for instance it will be an underscan switch on the back. Others like my JVC studio monitor (as I just discovered to my joy) has it as a menu option.

Nick Hiltgen · September 21st, 2004, 01:37 AM

Evan this was recently discussed, I think you may have misread your manual, when played through an s-video it is 16:9 no bars, or a stretched image on a 4:3 monitor.

Evan Fisher · September 21st, 2004, 10:53 AM

Upon rereading my manual, it does say what I thought. They just forgot to mention that you need a monitor that is switchable to 16:9 mode or a 16:9 native monitor.

Richard Alvarez · September 21st, 2004, 12:44 PM

So clear this up for me. The 16:9 footage shot on the XL2 will play back on a 4:3 television set WITHOUT s-video, as..... what? Letterboxed with bars? Squeezed 4:3?

Evan Fisher · September 21st, 2004, 12:59 PM

Squeezed 4:3 thru composite input
squeezed 4:3 thru s-video input unless you have a 16:9 native monitor or a studio monitor that can be switched to 16:9.

September 20th, 2004, 05:21 PM	#1
Evan Fisher Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Los Angeles, Ca. Posts: 137	Viewing XL2 16:9 Letterboxed Image via S-Video? If I'm not mistaken, the XL2 manual says that I should be able to view a 16:9 letterboxed image on my monitor if I play out via s-video. All that I see is a squeezed image (albeit a beautiful one). Is there some setting I've missed? Maybe my monitor is too old to recognize this format? Did I read the manual incorrectly? Thanks. __________________ Fisher Media Productions

September 21st, 2004, 10:53 AM	#4
Evan Fisher Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Los Angeles, Ca. Posts: 137	Upon rereading my manual, it does say what I thought. They just forgot to mention that you need a monitor that is switchable to 16:9 mode or a 16:9 native monitor. __________________ Fisher Media Productions

September 21st, 2004, 12:59 PM	#6
Evan Fisher Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Los Angeles, Ca. Posts: 137	Squeezed 4:3 thru composite input squeezed 4:3 thru s-video input unless you have a 16:9 native monitor or a studio monitor that can be switched to 16:9. __________________ Fisher Media Productions

September 20th, 2004, 06:14 PM	#2
Jim Giberti Major Player Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bethel, VT Posts: 824	Evan, your monitor needs to havee 16:9 as a switchable option. If it's a broadcast monitor there's a good chance it does. If it's a Sony 8044/8045 for instance it will be an underscan switch on the back. Others like my JVC studio monitor (as I just discovered to my joy) has it as a menu option.

September 21st, 2004, 01:37 AM	#3
Nick Hiltgen Trustee Join Date: May 2003 Location: Atlanta GA Posts: 1,427	Evan this was recently discussed, I think you may have misread your manual, when played through an s-video it is 16:9 no bars, or a stretched image on a 4:3 monitor.

September 21st, 2004, 12:44 PM	#5
Richard Alvarez Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 3,840	So clear this up for me. The 16:9 footage shot on the XL2 will play back on a 4:3 television set WITHOUT s-video, as..... what? Letterboxed with bars? Squeezed 4:3?