Video Signal Output Standards

The standard of the video signal output from the HD/SD SDI ( only), HD/SD COMPONENT OUT and HDV/DV terminals depends on the standard used for recording (or the standard of the recording on the tape being played back) and on various menu settings. Video output from the VIEWFINDER COMPONENT OUT, A/V1, or VIDEO 2 terminal will always be in 576/50i standard.

Standard of Video Output while Recording

While recording in high definition, video output from the HD/SD SDI terminal will be an uncompressed HD, YPbPr signal. You can down-convert the video output with the respective menu settings.

Recording standard and frame rate	HD/SD SDI terminal		HD/SD COMPONENT OUT terminal		HDV/DV terminal
	Unchanged	Down-converted *1,*4,*5	Unchanged	Down-converted *2,*4
HD 50i	1080/50i	576/50i	1080/50i	576/50i	1080/50i
HD 25F	1080/50i	576/50i *7	1080/50i	576/50i *7	1080/25p
SD (50i, 25F)	576/50i		576/50i		576/50i

Standard of Video Output during Playback

When playing back a tape recorded in HDV standard, video output from the HD/SD SDI terminal will be a signal modified from the HDV video. You can down-convert the video output with the respective menu settings.

Standard of the tape	[LETTERBOX] setting	HD/SD SDI terminal		HD/SD COMPONENT OUT terminal		HDV/DV terminal
		Unchanged	Down-converted *1,*4	Unchanged	Down-converted *2,*4	Unchanged	Down-converted *3,*6
HDV 1080/50i	[OFF]	1080/50i	576/50i	1080/50i	576/50i	1080/50i	576/50i
	[ON]	576/50i		576/50i
HDV 1080/25p	[OFF]	1080/50i *7	576/50i	1080/50i *7	576/50i	1080/25p	576/50i
	[ON]	576/50i *7		576/50i *7
DV 576/50i	[OFF]/[ON]	576/50i		576/50i		576/50i

*1: [SIGNAL SETUP] ⋗ [SDI SPEC.] set to [SD LOCKED].

*2: [SIGNAL SETUP] ⋗ [COMP.OUT] set to [576i].

*3: [SIGNAL SETUP] ⋗ [HD DOWN-CONV] set to [ON].

*4: 16:9 picture is horizontally squeezed to a 4:3 aspect ratio.

*5: On-screen displays will not be embedded in the video output even if [SIGNAL SETUP] ⋗ [SDI OUTPUT] is set to [ON(OSD)].

*6: On-screen displays will not be embedded in the video output even if [DISPLAY SETUP/ ] ⋗ [TV SCREEN] is set to [ON].

*7: Converted to 50i.