Posted by Rick Merrill on 05/17/06 13:10

NoNoBadDog! wrote:

> "Kenneth" <Noname@domain.com> wrote in message
> news:rrlag.3230$_B5.2676@trnddc01...
>
>>I just purchased one--Canon DC40. The DVDs I have are single sided 30
>>minutes but you can record up to 60 minutes. Doing that however does not
>>give you the greatest quality video. Still I use it on that setting as a
>>test and the video quality was fine for me. The standard setting of
>>course
>>was better and I have yet to try the HQ setting which gives you only 14
>>minutes. If you get the double-sided DVDs, these record times are
>>doubled.
>>
>>I decided that the record times were not a major issue for me since I had
>>always had multiple events on a single 60 minute DV Tape.
>>
>>Its kinda nice to go straight from camera to computer or DVD player
>>without
>>any conversion though.
>>
>>I would have preferred a hard drive video camera, but I wanted it from
>>Canon
>>and they don't have as yet. By the time I ready to replace the DVD cam
>>I'm
>>hoping they will.
>>
>>
>>"Bible John" <johnw_94020@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>news:1147623670_13813@sp6iad.superfeed.net...
>>| Anyone seen them? What I have seen so far have told me that MiniDV is
>>the
>>| best. Who wants to pay $200 for a 2GB SD card only to capture 40 minutes
>>of
>>| video? Heck even my analog VHS-C unit is better.
>>|
>>| It looks like I will stick with this one for awhile. But with MiniDV
>>units
>>| dropping in price, perhaps I might want to buy one someday. It would be
>>| nice to capture the better quality, and be able to transfer my videos to
>>my
>>| computer. Video capture cards seem to cost more than a new camcorder
>>(thats
>>| a USB/Firewire device, since my ibook lacks a PCMCIA slot).
>>|
>>|
>>| John
>>|
>>| --
>>| Luke 9:26-If anyone is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will
>>be
>>| ashamed of him when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father
>>and
>>| of the holy angels.
>>| CERM-Church Education Resource Ministries
>>| Founder and director
>>| http://johnw.freeshell.org/bible
>>|
>>|
>>
>>
>
>
> Even at their best quality settings, the video being written to disc is
> highly compressed. It is not as high quality as a Digital Tape would
> record. If all you do is watch the video as captured, it will "do". If you
> intend to edit the video, you will be disappointed by the quality these
> units deliver.
>
> Bobby
>
>

So, Bobby, have you actually DONE an edit of the video on a disc???

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