[David Ilsley]

Thank you! You were right. The factory default was set to down convert to standard def DV. Even though the lights on the front of the deck indicated the tape was HDV, the deck was still down converting the signal to DV. I am familiar with the Sony type menus and I was able to change the “IN/OUT REC” setting and turn the down convert off. (I first had to hook the output video signal from the deck to LCD screen to view the deck’s main menu.)
Thanks Again !
David