if only apple could do this
http://www.sanyodigital.com/HD1/features.html and intergrate the ipod user experience in to it.
nothing is being said much about it yet but if this thing is good quality then its the product of the year at the 700.00 price point
nothing is being said much about it yet but if this thing is good quality then its the product of the year at the 700.00 price point
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Originally posted by mercury7
http://www.sanyodigital.com/HD1/features.html and intergrate the ipod user experience in to it.
nothing is being said much about it yet but if this thing is good quality then its the product of the year at the 700.00 price point
This camcorder does not qualify as HD. 720/60p is high-definition. 720/30p is not. This camcorder has approximately the data rate of a progressive scan DVD.
Originally posted by Mr. Me
720/60p is high-definition. 720/30p is not
Since when? Please quote the source of your information.
Originally posted by Mr. Me
This camcorder has approximately the data rate of a progressive scan DVD.
Oh yeah, I also forgot to say that you are dead wrong about 720/30p being about the same data rate as a progressive DVD.
NTSC has a vertical resolution of 480 lines, and is stored on the DVD at a rate of 23.976 frames per second (this is, in almost all cases, output to the display at 29.97 frames per second)
So, comparing NTSC DVD to 720/30p, we are talking about the approximately the same number of frames per second delivered to the screen, but 1/4 the number of pixels (1/2 the resolution in vertical and horizontal). Therefore, 1/4 the data rate.
Originally posted by wmf
The real question is whether iMovie and Final Cut can edit this video.
It should be able to, assuming it uses a standard video file format. The ingest will change, though. Instead of recording through firewire, you'd just import the files into the appropriate bin.
Originally posted by Mr. H
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So, comparing NTSC DVD to 720/30p, we are talking about the approximately the same number of frames per second delivered to the screen, but 1/4 the number of pixels (1/2 the resolution in vertical and horizontal). Therefore, 1/4 the data rate.
No, 720/30p would have about the same number of pixels as 480/60p. Do the math.
Originally posted by Mr. Me
No, 720/30p would have about the same number of pixels as 480/60p. Do the math.
I find it quite funny that you've responded to a post where I did "do the math".
You seem to have ignored it.
1) Progressive NTSC DVD is not 480/60p. It is 480/29.97p. See my post above to see how this leads to a 1/4 data rate relative to 720/30p.
2) Even if it was 480/60p, each frame would have 1/4 the number of pixels of a 720 frame, so at double the frame rate, the overall data rate would come out at 1/2 that of 720/30p.
Originally posted by Mr. Me
This camcorder does not qualify as HD. 720/60p is high-definition. 720/30p is not. This camcorder has approximately the data rate of a progressive scan DVD.
Wrong.
so hi def or not...it is close enough to be awesome.
and it assures that by the end of the year there will be competing products announced. I just really hope they upgrade imovie to edit mp4 natively just to make it easier...I hate having to convert video...it really slows down the creative process....on a side note I think it would be great also if they could implement keyframing and two more tracks of audio....I have final cut pro but love the simplicity of imovie's user interface.