I know that if I buy a Sony HDR-HC3 HDV camcorder it will record my videos on MiniDV tape and I can edit them with an HD-capable editing software. If I connect the camera directly to an HDTV it will show at full 1080i resolution but I DON'T want to use my camera as a VCR. I also know that if I transfer the video to DVD it will be down-converted to 480i (the highest DVD resolution).
So, my question is: What media format do I use to preserve my 1080i resolution? Are the new HD-DVD or Blue-Ray my only options? I don't want to use my computer as a DVR either.
2006-07-27 05:43:22 · 2 answers · asked by Aaroni 3 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Camcorders
I believe the HD-DVD format is still too new to trust your vidoe to at this point. I'd wait a while. I am delaying my purchase of a HD camcorder because of the price, first, but also because of the situation you are in now.
Here's a plan for you: Go ahead and burn your dvds today, keep the tapes and re-burn them when the technology has caught up. You can play the DVDs without using the camcorder as the VCR and just explain to your viewers that the resolution will be better in the future. It's pretty good on a medium size HD television, in the current DVD quality.
The only thing in my house that records High Def is my cable DVR. I haven't tried connecting it to my computer. There may be sets out there that don't come as part of a cable package that may allow you to dump video to the hard drive and then play it on your TV. That may be another alternative for you.
2006-07-27 10:25:32 · answer #1 · answered by Ken C. 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Easiest solution given your constraints?
Look into converting the videos into DivX format. You can then burn the videos to a DVD as data and play them back on a player that supports DivX decoding, such as the OPPO DV-970HD.
2006-07-27 06:52:20 · answer #2 · answered by vliam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋