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Nov 2, 2005, 9:45 PM
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Re: [Vanessa M] To HDV or not to HDV? That is the question...
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Hoo boy. It seems there are an equal number of partisans for both routes.
The good news is, I think that any of those cameras you get today will still be making money for you two years from now.
The upside of going DV is, the gear is cheaper, the workflow is well understood and supported by software, and you'll be compatible with nearly everyone.
The downside is that, as you say, we're on the cusp of the transition to HD (I draw a subtle distinction here; I think consumers are going to embrace High Def televisions in the coming year. Whether HDV will be a major player in creating content for them is another question. I think the answer is "yes", but still, they are two separate issues.)
The upside of HDV is that it's the latest and greatest. Image quality is superior to DV (generally speaking). It's widescreen, to match all those widescreen HD displays people will be buying. The downsides are, it costs more to shoot and edit in HDV, the workflow is -- well, it's still kind of a minefield of half-baked software applications, incompatible flavors of HDV, intermediate codecs, recapture -- reminds me of the early days of DV. I expect all this to smooth out, but in the meantime, you are on the "bleeding edge" and that means you'll probably do a little bleeding.
Regards,
Doug Graham
Panda Productions
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