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About different TVs
After finishing a wedding video, I previewed it on several TVs. My titles were flirting with the edges on two of them (I had placed the titles to sit on the bottom left corner of the title safe overlay in FCP) but on one TV, they were fine. It was a Samsung LN32B460. On this TV, the video looked just like it does on the Final Cut and the DVDSP preview screens. But on the other TVs (one was a Sony Bravia 52S4100 and the other was just an old Sanyo DS20930) show the video as the title safe overlays show the video, with the edges cut off.
I am curious why some TVs seem to play the entire picture, while others cut off a slim portion of the edges. The video is 4:3.
Do the DVD players have a role to play? As far as I found, all the settings were set to 4:3 on the widescreens, and all the DVD player settings were the same.
Thanks
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There is no standard followed by all manufacturers. That’s what title safe is all about. You’ll always find some monitors cut off more than others. Use your tv that cuts a lot off as your “acid test” in the future. Andy Mees has a free FCP generator called “Andy’s Guides” that allows you to make your own title safe guide. Search for it and you’ll find it.
John
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