aspect ratio: what's he trick to get the sony rdr-vx560 to play vhs tapes in their original aspect ratio as opposed to stretching out the picture horizontally to fit the widescreen tv...i've played with all the variables and pored over the manual but...
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Did You ever get an answer on this. I have the same deal, including 4:3 aspect DVDs which are stretched to what I call "fatscreen". I have fussed with everything imaginable. If you have an answer, please email me at &lt;michael.steeno@us.army.mil&gt;
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Wendy, I asked my hubby as I had bought for him. He said I should tell you when we had a problem putting VHS on DVD as it was suppose to do, he could not find anyone to look at it let alone fix it. That said, he also says no, it doesn't record without and external digit tuner. He really is NOT happy with the entire unit and Toshiba. He still gets upset thinking I wasted my money on it and it was the one he wanted.
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Is the display set to 16:9 in the recorders menu setup. Also, when recording shows on DVD+ media, it only records in full screen. you'll have to manually stretch the image with your TV's format button, to un squish it. Make sure your TV isn't zooming in, to simulate wide screen. Also, when a fullscreen show is broadcast in wide screen, the black bars are applied to the sides. So don't adjust the frame to fullscreen.
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I just bought this machine and am not sure how to record on VHS. The manual goes from hooking it up to programming the show. I need the inbetween. What happened to channel 3? So far I had to go in the menu on the TV and change it (source?) to VCR, then turn on VCR, plug in the show, then I had to go back in the menu and change the mode from VCR to TV. What a hassle. Is this right? Yesterday I talked to Toshiba and NOW they said taping OTA on VHS might not work. Can someone help me that actually has performed this task? I have Samsung HDTV, rooftop antenna, and no cable.
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Hi there! I have the 46D64U and I believe I have the answer for you. If you're watching HD content through the HDMI cable, you shouldn't have to watch it zoomed or stretched. With an HDMI connection your "view mode" options (the button is above the 3 on your remote) should be "Stretch, dot by dot, S.stretch, and zoom." If you are watching a true HD broadcast or source, you should select "dot by dot" as this will ensure that nothing is cut off or distorted. If, when you select "dot by dot," the image does not fill the entire screen (i.e. it looks like it's not widescreen, there are black bars flanking the image, etc.) then what you're watching isn't actually HD. Make sure the show you're watching is actually in HD; sometimes the channel guide will say it is even when it's not! I personally keep my settings on "dot by dot" regardless of content because I don't mind when non-HD content doesn't fill up the entire screen. I don't like having the image stretched and distorted as I feel it looks worse that way. You may have different preferences, but make sure that whenever you're watching true HD content you aren't stretching the image or zooming in. Hope this helps!
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You can go into the settings and select the aspect ratio. Make sure it's updated to the most current firmware.
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Hi Phil, can you elaborate on the question? DVD disc cannot play on a VCR player as it needs a VHS tape. Are you trying to say if the VHS tape can covert the file to a DVD disc? (that is more of an editing question than a product question). Or are you really saying can a dvd disc play in a regular dvd player?
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Hello, I hauled out the cassette adapter and read the box and instructions. This device is only meant to adapt a VHS-C tape to a regular VHS player. It will not work with a Betamax tape. The Sony video format is different from VHS. I am told that the only way to view a Betamax tape would be to buy an old Betamax player or take the tapes to a professional video editing firm and get them to transfer them to a different media such as a DVD or a VHS format tape. Hope this helps!! Scott
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I have a Sony DVD player and this happened to me on a DVD I made from an old film - I solved the problem by NOT upscaling the picture to 16:9 but keeping it at the original 4:3 format.I isolated the problem to my player when I watched the DVD on my PC - it never got out of sync there...
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I'm hearing conflicting reports that it does NOT up convert the VHS signal through HDMI, while some say it does up to 1080i. Does anyone know what exactly the VHS output is through HDMI?
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No, I couldn't find any option relating to DVD resolution. When dubbing from VHS to DVD, I usually find the quality of the DVD picture to be at least equal to the quality of the VHS picture.
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If you are asking about the FORMAT or ASPECT RATIO, look on the remote about mid-way top to bottom. There's a row of horizontal buttons (Mute/Format/Info/Favorites). I couldn't find anything in the manual if you don't have the remote...
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I noticed you received an answer about recording in the DVD mode before I responded about recording on the VHS mode. For any number of reasons, often my own difficulty with DVDs, I've snafued numerous times on that mode -- thus often staying with the VHS. I believe, from my experience only, you'll more likely get a recording of your game on VHS, but since you likely have time before the game, experiment with both recording modes to be sure that once you've set it and 'forget it' -- you'll have a pretty good chance of recording your game.
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Any wide screen dvds you have that are marked as "anamorphic widescreen" or "enhanced for 16:9 TVs" will work fine with you widescreen tv. You will likeley have some widescreen dvds that are not anamorphic or enhanced for widescreen TVs and they may look streched or really narrow on your widescreen tv. This however is easily fixed by adjusting the widescreen setting on you tv. I hope this has helped you.
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It outputs in 16:9 and fills my widescreen being fed from a 4:3 VCR composite output. Smaller 16:9 displays these days are not that expensive.
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Did You ever get an answer on this. I have the same deal, including 4:3 aspect DVDs which are stretched to what I call "fatscreen". I have fussed with everything imaginable. If you have an answer, please email me at <michael.steeno@us.army.mil>
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Most movie theatres use only a portion of the screen for flat 1:85 pictures. The reason you don't see black bars on the sides is that they use black masking curtains that close in and cover the unused portion of the screen. On a widescreen TV, 4:3 is done the same way except without the masking curtains to cover the black bars. I can't imagine any movie theatre stretching a flat picture to cover the full CinemaScope screen. Why distort a 4:3 picture on a widescreen TV. I want a perfect picture, not a distorted one.