Posted by Mike Kujbida on 07/14/07 17:30

Rick Merrill wrote:
> Martin Heffels wrote:
>> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:32:20 -0700, Harvey <harvey_twyman@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Don't Use Long Play (LP) on DV Tapes - the picture quality will also
>>> degrade.
>>
>> Gawd. How long will this myth stay alive? Die, die, DIE!!!
>> IT IS WRONG. Only analogue video looses quality at LP, not digital.
>>
>> -m-
>
> So many caveats, so little time: LP on DVD camcorders is "digital" yet
> it looses quality because the resolution is halved.


Wrong!! It's the bitrate that gets lowered, not the resolution.
For example, here they are for the Sony DCRDVD108.

Movie Quality:
SD HQ (Average: 9Mbps): VBR;
SD SP (Average: 6Mbps);
SD LP (Average: 3Mbps): VBR

Mike

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