Need Advice On DVD Recorders

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 11/1/11 at 11:08am

Does anyone know about DVD Recorders? I'm looking for a standalone unit that recognized 16:9 video (either from a camcorder or TV show) and records in it. The one I have now is a couple years old and while it looks like it's recording 16:9, it's compressed to 4:3 in any other player that the finalized disc is watched in.

Don't know if anyone here can help but it would be appreciated.

[best12bars]

Posted: 11/1/11 at 12:39pm

Have you tried changing your DVD playback settings to 4x3? It should record a stretched image (full 4x3 frame). Then you can set your recorder or TV to 16x9. That might work.

I record using my digital camcorder as a pass-through. It does a great analog to digital conversion. I change the DVD player to 4x3 (on an anamorphic 16x9 image). I input the video from the DVD player, then output it directly to my computer using FinalCutPro, where I can preset it as 16x9 footage. It comes out great. If I don't change my DVD player's settings, I do get a 4x3 letterboxed image, just like you.