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Posted by David McCall on 11/05/07 15:24
"My Name Is Nobody" <nobody@msn.com> wrote in message
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>>> OK so, please explain why an HDV signal is referred to as both 1440x1080
>>> and 1920x1080? I seem to have missed some distinction.
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>> I haven't seen it referred to as 1920. Is that in a spec somewhere?
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> Yes, Right on the side of the Canon HV20 camera a sticker says "1920 x
> 1080 HD CMOS", on a sticker that was attached to the camera when new it
> says "Bring true 1920x1080 HD to life Canon HV20" and all over in the HDV
> camcorder Instruction Manual:
> Numerous times Under Menu Options Lists pages 35 & 36, and other places...
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> On Canons own web site:
> http://www.usa.canon.com/templatedata/pressrelease/20070131_hv20.html
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> Canon's True HD CMOS Image Sensor (1920 x 1080)
> Designed, developed, and manufactured by Canon for the EOS line of digital
> SLR cameras popular with professional photographers and advanced amateurs
> alike, Canon has created a 2.96 megapixel CMOS image sensor for the HV20
> HD Camcorder. The 1/2.7" CMOS image sensor acquires image information at
> 1920 x 1080, reproducing life-like HD movies and photos.
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Notise the careful wording
"The 1/2.7" CMOS image sensor acquires image information at 1920 x 1080"
> I've actually placed a phone call to Canon and spoke with some "so called"
> technical support person there, in what I thought was great detail about
> this. I asked what software I was supposed to use that could work with
> this "true 1920x1080 HD" video and not reduce it's quality. The consensus
> at the end of the lengthy phone call was that wow, it was too bad that no
> one was making a software that was capable of handling the video from my
> new Canon camera without reducing the quality of the original video...
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I'm not sure, but I think the conclusion is in error. There is quite a bit
of software
that can do 1920 x 1080. But you can only get that resolution direct from
the
camera live, not off of the tape. Another thing is that I think you have to
add
at least one more digit to the price (maybe more) to get anything that will
record full 1920 to tape. Let us know what you find.
I think you may also find that the majority of HD TV sets come up somewhat
short of the full 1920 resolution. They can play 1080 material but they
scale it
in the set to fit the lower resolution of the actual display.
David
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