Posted by Ty Ford on 09/19/05 14:21

On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 14:10:26 -0400, doc wrote
(in article <m4iXe.5027$e_4.2226@trndny08>):

> not from personal exprience as you indicate but from reviews written by pros
> in magazines and online for videography concerns. one who was a fan of sony
> cameras (as am i) and who was shocked at the output.
>
> i have been very hopeful that the sony would work for me because as i've
> already indicated i'm a big fan of sony products. in fact, if one were to
> come to my house they would think that i work for sony because of the 42
> different sony products from big screen lcd to walkman (men actually) and
> the shock is the same for me. however, in the defense of the writers, when
> i see an 1/8" jack i'm thinking as someone has already instructed me, "it
> dosen't belong in the studio - - xlr does" i have a audio recording
> business and we don't have a single 1/8" jack in the place other than in our
> gadget bag in case we were to run into someone who wanted us to capture some
> sound that's only available on 1/8" output.
>
> if these writers are wrong and you have some sample clips that can be
> seen/heard i'd love to hear them to help solve this delima. one might say,
> well why believe the folks who have said otherwise having not heard their
> result? simple. better safe to agree that it sux and go some other route
> than to avoid the suggestion, buying the product, and then learning they
> were right!
>
> btw, thanks for the input and hoping to hear response, sample, or more
> input. gotta get this thing resolved or i'm gonna be in a lot of hot water

I'm a mugwump on the balanced vs. unbalanced issue. I've seen too many
unbalanced patchbays in studios.

As for SUX, that's not what I'm saying either. Audibly compromised after a
full run through post and output to DVD? Let me hear the exact same audio
recorded at 48 kHz, 16-bit and maintained at that until the compression to
MPEG for DVD. Who knows, maybe that final dump to DVD (with its mpeg audio
will compromise the un-messed with audio enough so the two sound pretty
similar.

Using a video analogy, I've already seen some amazing video compression
artifacts on broadcast TV; NTSC and HDTV broadcast over the air (which are
also compressed). It's obvious that the bar is being lowered.

It's interesting the "broadcast quality" originally meant "better." Somewhere
along the line it became "not as good as." I know Steve King remembers this
because he was around before 2" video and "Winky Dink."

Who bends over, or where we bend over just because the price is right is a
personal decision each of us has to deal with. I made mine recently when I
ordered an XL2 rather than an HDV camcorder. Your mileage may vary

Regards,

Ty Ford





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