Can the HS2 set the 16:9 flag when recording to a DVD?

[Falcon500]

I would like to be able to set the 16:9 flag when recording to DVD from digital television in widescreen (anamophoric) so when I go to play back the disc (changing the set up on the DVD player) on a 4:3 TV I can watch it letterboxed or if I play it on a 16:9 set I can watch it in 16:9 (output it as as a 16:9 image anamophoric that the tv expands....

[jberry45]

Unfortunately the HS2 only record a 4:3 flag, it's not changable.

John

[FulciLives]

Remember that DVD-R will always be flagged as 4:3 although DVD-RAM can be flagged as 4:3 or 16x9

Keep something in mind though ... a 16x9 recording flagged as 4:3 will still look normal on a true 16x9 TV screen. It will only be off (aspect ratio wise) on a 4:3 TV screen.

If you must have your recording be 16x9 flagged then you are stuck recording to DVD-RAM but if you have a computer you can read the DVD-RAM into your computer ... re-author it with something like TMPGEnc DVD Author ... and burn a 16x9 flagged DVD-R with your computer burner.

After doing all that you can use the same DVD-RAM to record something else and do that same process over and over.

You can also rip a DVD-R made on the Panny to your computer and re-author it and change it from 4:3 to 16x9 then burn a new DVD-R with your computer burner.

Of course this way you "waste" the original DVD-R discs hence the reason to use DVD-RAM if you intend to author in a computer since the same DVD-RAM can be used over and over again.

The nice thing about this is ... if you have a computer with a DVD burner that can read DVD-RAM (and if not you can buy a cheap DVD-ROM that reads DVD-RAM) ... is that the computer method of re-authoring is actually very simple. It is fast and no re-encoding is needed ... assuming one uses the correct software hence my recommendation of TMPGEnc DVD Author.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman