Help with HD vs. Normal TV.

[PerroneFord]

Hey, whatever works for ya! Lots of people bought Beta too, because it was better than VHS. I'd suggest if you are gonna pour thousands into a video system, you at least wait to find out what the standards are going to be. Of course, some people have WAY more money than me, so make different choices.

Different strokes...

 

[ronrosa]

Hey, whatever works for ya! Lots of people bought Beta too, because it was better than VHS. I'd suggest if you are gonna pour thousands into a video system, you at least wait to find out what the standards are going to be. Of course, some people have WAY more money than me, so make different choices.

Different strokes...

I see your point. However, people rented movies to watch on their VCR's which was a big negative for Beta also Beta VCR's needed Beta Tapes.

HD camcorders are generally for recording only and use mini-dv tapes. If $1500 is your budget for a new camcorder, I don't see the logic in buying a mini-dv camcorder. :06:

Perone, I just noticed your sig says you are not certified. What the heck are you doing spending so much time on a scubaboard ? No offense, just curious. I also hang out on the Pontiac GTO discussion board. I met a guy there with thousands of posts. He drives a Hyundai LOL !! He told me he was saving his $$ for a GTO.

 

[divezero]

Yah, us here at Dive Zero Video Magazine, we are currently using the HC-1's and Ikelite Housing, our editors then have Adobe Premier 2, keep in mind, if you want to edit HIGH DEF footage with adobe or any type of those programs, you will need to buy cineform, it is a $600.00 download (canadian). It works awesome, especially if you have a high def tv to view on. Those are pretty much the standards for decent high def footage, but you guys are right about the blueray dvds and high def dvd's. Can't wait until they reach the market, it seems like all of us high definition videographers are all pioneering and are in this together!!! Keep up the good work guys and for our finished product come check out our site, it will be done very soon!!!

 

[PerroneFord]

Perone, I just noticed your sig says you are not certified. What the heck are you doing spending so much time on a scubaboard ? No offense, just curious. .

Don't believe everything you read on the internet.

 

[SuPrBuGmAn]

:11doh: You mean I was diving with a non-certified diver this weekend?!!

 

[ronrosa]

Don't believe everything you read on the internet.

Ah, and I was just about to tell everyone about my date with Jessica Alba.

 

[meekal]

STOP! i'm peeing in my pants already!!!! ( i usually only do that in my wetsuit, but you guys R killin' me!!!)

 

[mtiffee]

I'd suggest if you are gonna pour thousands into a video system, you at least wait to find out what the standards are going to be.
Different strokes...

What standards? The HD standards are clearly defined. 1080i/p/720p will be around for quite a while. What's not clear is a unified delivery format- and we won't ever have one of those. HDV is a widely adopted format supported by Sony, Panasonic, Canon and JVC, some of the biggest suppliers of broadcast equipment in the world. Sure in 10 or 15 years we may not see HDV gear made anymore because there's something newer or better but by then we'll all be shooting onto solid-state cards and downloading them to on our huge hard drives. It's all a bunch of 1's and 0's.

Those of you who want to wait will be waiting a long time, the rest of us will be enjoying our home HD footage on our big screens.

 

[rjsimp]

Bear in mind that unless you have BluRay or HD-DVD, you're not going to have any way to see the footage you shoot in true HD without connecting a computer or your video camera directly to the HD-capable set. If you want to burn DVDs of your stuff, you'll be downconverting the HD source material into the lower-resolution DVD format... it won't be Hi-Def anymore.

Actually there is another good option for viewing HDV on your HDTV. It still involves a computer, but it doesn't have to be connected to your HDTV. You can get an XBox 360 and it will play Native HDV MPEG2 movies from your PC. So, you can dump your raw footage, edit it, and save it out in Native HDV and view it on your TV easily.

 

[mtiffee]

rjsimp,

That's sweet. I have a X Box 360. I assume you need a Windows Media Center OS? I've never seen a way to access video files on my XP computer. I can access music and pictures but have no option for sharing video files. Is there a workaround?