Hitachi DZ-BD10HA Changing the Movie Quality, Switching Movie Quality, Recording Stills

Various Recording Techniques

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Changing the Movie Quality

You can change the movie recording quality to make high quality recordings or lower the quality to record over longer periods of time.

Switching Movie Quality

1During recording pause, press

MENU.

Select “Record Functions Setup” “HD Video Mode”

2(When BD)/”SD Video Mode”

(When DVD)

a movie quality option

Press the confirmation button to confirm, then MENU to end.

The selected movie quality will be displayed in the LCD monitor (p.31).

•The movie quality setting is

3retained in memory even if the power is turned off.

•When a DVD is replaced with a BD, the movie quality will be changed to the most recent BD setting (and vice versa).

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Recording Stills

Optimum for Widescreen

TV (Wide Mode)

When you plan to view stills on a widescreen TV (aspect ratio 16:9), you can select “Wide (16:9)” to change the screen ratio for recordings. (“Normal (4:3)” sets the screen ration to 4:3.)

Setting the Wide Mode

1During still picture recording pause, press MENU.

Select “Record Functions

2Setup” “16:9” “Wide (16:9)” or “Normal (4:3)”.

Press the confirmation button to confirm, then MENU to end.

•The Wide Mode setting is retained in memory even when the power is turned off. If you plan to view stills on a standard TV (aspect ratio 4:3), select “Normal (4:3)” for recordings. If you record stills in the “Wide (16:9)” mode and view them on a standard TV, image appearing on the TV screen will be

3vertically distorted.

•When a still picture is recorded in the “Normal (4:3)” mode, the LCD monitor displays it horizontally centered on the screen between two vertical black bars.

Hints

•Select “Wide (16:9)”, if you plan to view the recorded stills on a widescreen TV. Otherwise, select “Normal (4:3)” for recordings.

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