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Posted by Jim S on 01/08/07 06:24
"Dave Martindale" <davem@cs.ubc.ca> wrote in message
news:ensm33$qbr$1@swain.cs.ubc.ca...
> Rick Merrill <rick0.merrill@NOSPAM.gmail.com> writes:
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>>Better, get a camcorder with a hard drive to record DV25 files then you
>>can edit it without waiting for ingest time.
>
> That's a great idea, but do any such camcorders exist? All the hard
> drive camcorder's I've looked at record MPEG, and boast about the long
> recording times they are capable of (at very low quality). Nobody seems
> to provide DV25 recording for quality, even as an option.
>
> Dave
Have you studied the new AVCHD format, see for example:
http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Sony-and-Panasonic-Announce-Blu-Ray-High-Definition-Camcorder-Format.htm
It says here that:
"The increased 18Mbps bit rate of the AVCHD format will likely impress
prosumer users who have been disappointed with the quality of DVD video. At
more than double the current 8.5Mbps rate, the new bit rate is very close to
tape-based standard definition, and it is likely that AVCHD video will be of
a much higher quality than existing DVD camcorders.
The Sony HDR-SR1 is an example of a hard drive camcorder that uses the AVCHD
format. This format is also used on tape and DVD camcorders, see here:
http://www.sony.co.uk/view/ShowProductCategory.action?site=odw_en_GB&category=CAM+High+Definition+Handycam
and here:
http://www.avchd-info.org/
So because the AVCHD format is said to have a bit rate that is "very close
to tape based standard definition", doesn't this improve the appeal of hard
drive and DVD camcorders that record in this format?
Cheers, Jim
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