Y/C output & SD Downconvert
 

Hello to everybody!!!!

I have two little question about XH-A1. I'm near to purchase one and I wan't to know:

1.- There is Y/C (SVHS) conexion for output or there is a cable to do this from Components (RGB) conexion? (to connect the cam to a Datavideo SE-500 analog mixer; composite or Y/C conexions).

2.- HDV to SD Downconversion. Quality? (I have worked with Sony FX1 and it is very good). Similar, better, worse?
And one thing that I have read but I don't understand: black line (I don't know where, up, down, right...) when you convert to SD from HDV? I'ts real? It's an old issue and is repaired?

Thanks a lot!!!!

IMHO: The HDV-to-SD down-convert in the A1 is decent. But it is a down convert, and after watching footage in HDV, SD looks pretty disappointing, especially when viewed on a HD set.

The A1 has IEEE1394 (firewire), component (RBG) and composite (CVBS) output, but no s-video (Y/C). The general convention is S-VHS is a tape format, not a cable connection type.

The black line
 

There is small common problem with most, if not all of the Canon PAL HDV cameras. When you downconvert in the camera, the resulting frame has a horizontal flickering line 2 or 3 pixels down from the top.

Depending on how you view the footage, you might never see it, but to be safe I always matte to black a few pixels from the top and bottom.