Hi def camcorder opinion. Hard drive or Mini DV ?

[xwingsct]

Which one is better?
Hard drive or Mini DV or mini DVD?

Hard drive would be faster to transfer to PC right?
Mini DV you have to do the real time capturing.

[groovyone]

I like HDD ones, but you will need space for backups on HDDs. With the DV or DVD you can keep the media you record it on.

[xwingsct]

Originally Posted by groovyone

I like HDD ones, but you will need space for backups on HDDs. With the DV or DVD you can keep the media you record it on.

Well, eventually I will have to put it on BD media when BD burner and media become affordable.
What about Picture quality? can you tell the difference between the two though?

[WriteSimply]

I don't have a HD/SD MiniDV cam but since both uses AVCHD, I would think the PQ, when using the same CMOS, lens and video circuitry, would be identical.

But in the world of TV/video production, you use tapes so that you can just change tapes once it's finished. That's your "raw film stock". Until they can make HDDs interchangeable, I don't think HDD is the option you should take.


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[aristotles]

Originally Posted by WriteSimply

I don't have a HD/SD MiniDV cam but since both uses AVCHD, I would think the PQ, when using the same CMOS, lens and video circuitry, would be identical.

But in the world of TV/video production, you use tapes so that you can just change tapes once it's finished. That's your "raw film stock". Until they can make HDDs interchangeable, I don't think HDD is the option you should take.


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HDV (DV tapes) do not use AVCHD but rather a form of MPEG2 compression while the Hard drive based HiDef Camcorders do use AVCHD.

I was quite happy with my Sony HDV camcorder before I lost it in Spain this summer. I'm going to wait for 1920X1080 cameras that record in AVC MP4 format.

[WriteSimply]

That's interesting to know. Thanks.


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