Hitachi DZ-HS803A HDD movie quality and recordable time DZ-HS903A, Switching movie quality

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Changing the Movie Quality (VIDEO Mode)

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

HDD movie quality and recordable time

(DZ-HS903A)

Video	Quality	Recordable time
Mode
XTRA*	Best	Approx. 7 hrs.
FINE	High	Approx. 11 hrs.
STD	Extended	Approx. 23 hrs.
	recording

(DZ-HS803A)

Video	Quality	Recordable time
Mode
XTRA*	Best	Approx. 1 hr.
		50 mins.
FINE	High	Approx. 3 hrs.
STD	Extended	Approx. 6 hrs.
	recording

DVD movie quality and recordable time

Video	Quality	Recordable time
Mode
XTRA*	Best	Approx. 18 mins.
FINE	High	Approx. 30 mins.
STD	Extended	Approx. 60 mins.
	recording

*In high temperature environments, the image quality may be degraded to an FINE equivalent.

Switching movie quality

1During record pause, press MENU. Select “Record Functions Setup”

2“VIDEO Mode” a movie quality option

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

The selected movie quality will be

3displayed in the LCD monitor (p.42).

•The movie quality setting is retained in memory even if the power is turned off.

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Recording Movies for Wide-Screen TVs (16:9)

If you intend to view recorded movies on a wide-screen TV (aspect ratio 16:9), set “16:9” to “On” before recording. (When “16:9” is set to “Off”, movies are recorded in 4:3 aspect ratio.)

The image appearing on the LCD screen differs according to the “16:9” setting as follows.

Various Recording Techniques

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