Daniel Tan
Member
Hi all,
I read a lot of posts regarding the IRE setup on DVX100 as well as on the monitor. I just want to confirm my knowledge about the topic by writing what I understood.
1) Regardless of whether you set your DVX100 to '0' or '7.5', the recorded black will still be the same signal that carry black at 16 Lum.
2) If you set your DVX100 to '0', then your external calibrated monitor say a Sony PVM-1344Q should be set to '0' too in order to show the correct black level you're exposing. Same if you set your DVX to '7.5', your monitor should be set to '7.5' too.
3) Now if you play back your footage straight from the DVX100 to your analog NTSC North America TV, it will look darker than if you play it on a PAL TV.
4) Now, if you bring your footage to a post house for conversion to NTSC VHS, the process will 'compensate' for the 7.5 IRE. And when you bring that VHS back to the same NTSC North American TV, the black will be at the right level and not as dark as before.
Please correct me if I mess up.
Thank you.
Daniel Tan
I read a lot of posts regarding the IRE setup on DVX100 as well as on the monitor. I just want to confirm my knowledge about the topic by writing what I understood.
1) Regardless of whether you set your DVX100 to '0' or '7.5', the recorded black will still be the same signal that carry black at 16 Lum.
2) If you set your DVX100 to '0', then your external calibrated monitor say a Sony PVM-1344Q should be set to '0' too in order to show the correct black level you're exposing. Same if you set your DVX to '7.5', your monitor should be set to '7.5' too.
3) Now if you play back your footage straight from the DVX100 to your analog NTSC North America TV, it will look darker than if you play it on a PAL TV.
4) Now, if you bring your footage to a post house for conversion to NTSC VHS, the process will 'compensate' for the 7.5 IRE. And when you bring that VHS back to the same NTSC North American TV, the black will be at the right level and not as dark as before.
Please correct me if I mess up.
Thank you.
Daniel Tan