Posted by Smarty on 10/01/05 19:01

Analog camcorders, when playing back a tape, actually do make a difference,
since the camcorder's playback electronics determine the video, audio, and
synch quality coming out of the camcorder's output ports. Thus a beautifully
recorded analog video tape when played back on cheapo camcorders (or VCRs
for that matter) can profoundly degrade the quality of the original tapes. I
have plenty of old Beta, VHS, and Hi8 tapes which demonstrate this
phenomena.

Smarty


"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xpr7t.net> wrote in message
news:11js37e6oj9nk2c@corp.supernews.com...
> JordanElaine wrote ...
>> My question is a basic one about the signal flow of a digital
>> video camera.
>>
>> Is the playback of a MiniDV tape affected by which camera is playing it
>> back?
>
> In the sense of your question, No.
>
>> For example, if I take a tape I recorded on my Panasonic DVX100A, and
>> play it on a friend's single-CCD cheapo camcorder, will it look like it
>> was recorded on the Panasonic
>> or the cheapo?
>
> No.
>
>> What if I try to FireWire upload it to Final Cut - will there be a
>> quality loss if I use the cheapo's FireWire port?
>
> No. The ones and zeroes on the tape were put there by your
> Panny DVX100A. Playing them back and transfering the DV
> bitstream to a computer will be exactly the same regardless
> of what machine you play it on.
> There are no camcorders (even analog) where the quality of the camera part
> plays any part in the quality of tape playback.

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