Panasonic Enters the Consumer HD Market

[fullboost]

http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Panasonic-Enters-the-Consumer-HD-Market-with-HDC-SD1-and-HDC-DX1.htm

They don't appear to record onto tapes.... :rolleyes:

http://www.camcorderinfo.com/images/upload/Image/news/2006/Panasonic/SD1%20and%20DX1%20Announcement/Image%20Gallery/Panasonic_HDC-SD1_DX1_450.jpg

[Guruver]

why botherwith HD if its gunna get compressed onto a dvd !

Pfffft

SD Mini DV is here to stay ....... well for a while anyway...which is good coz i cant afford anything else :)

[fullboost]

Because HD supports true 1080, SD is like 720 lines.

SD will be around for quite some time yes. Blue Ray is going to take a while to get popular, the players are pricey and most of the new TV's still do not support true Blue Ray. Microsoft will be releasing a HD add on for the Xbox shortly.

[Guruver]

yeah HD rocks i realise that but with Standard Def DVD camcorders , the video is compressed to fit on the dvd and you end up with a shitty quality / hard to cleanly edit video file compared to Mini DV tape models.

Do the HD tape cameras have a higher quality than the DVD / memory card? or is HD a totally different creature in relation to compression on these formats ?

If it does reduce the quality recording HD on dvd / memory card then why bother with HD in the first place ? wank factor ?

[geordo]

These cameras are desinged for a novice end user. Capturing footage onto a PC from a MinDV tape is all far too confusing for the average user, they just want to 'plug and play'.

I would assume the HD cameras still reduce quality. I dont see what the huge deal is, any footage is compressed once it ends up a on a DVD.

[Guruver]

ok cool

cheers