Hello(posted 9233 days ago)I can tell you the Sony VX1000 does allegedly offer a 16:9 shooting option,. However, the answer to your question is for great looking true 16:9 you need a true 16:9 camera (not the 16:9 offered by Sony on their mini DV models this is just a wee gimmick that uses less of the CCD to shoot the wider image, the 16:9 pictures are very, very soft. True 16:9 cameras are quite expensive, prices start at over #14,000 (UK pounds) and they record a horizontally compressed image onto current tape systems. If viewed on a normal TV the image is squashed with objects being tall and thin. When viewed on a genuine widescreen TV the correct aspect ratio is restored and providing you have shot widescreen on a genuine 16:9 camera it looks really great, (unless you shot it on a Sony VX1000 in 16:9 when the results could only be appreciated by Ray Charles). You would have to vertically compress the picture for viewing on a normal TV set (4:3) and this would normally give you an image with borders on the top and bottom (letterboxed) this is usually done in post production. The VX1000 4:3 picture quality is good but its 16:9 picture is dreadful dont do it! Im sure in a year or two genuine low cost 16:9 cameras will appear on the market. Hope this is of help Ged Yeates (Isle of Lewis, Scotland)