Posted by peter on 07/28/07 15:41

Let's say you are asked to taped a show and the client wants the final DVD
(not HDDVD or blue ray, just plain old DVD) in wide 16:9 format.

Would there be a noticeable difference in quality whether the camera used is
a 4:3 camera (e.g. sony vx2100) with top and bottom chopped off, or a 16:9
HD camera (e.g. canon XH A1)?

Since the horizontal resolution of the HDV eventually gets converted to 720,
just like the 4:3 camera, in theory there would be no advantage in using the
HDV camera over the 4:3 one, right? Perhaps the HDV compression would
results in worse DVD because of the mpeg artifacts. But that's just in
theory. Has anyone actually tried both ways?

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