Hi Rodney,
If you were not happy with the TRV900's output, as you mentioned earlier, I
would say you would be even less happy with the discam's video quality,
especially on a HDTV....
If I were you I would go for the Canon GL1, which, IMHO has better video
than even the TRV900, compared side by side, but it is subjective, they are
very close.....
In the not too distant future, tv's and discams (and hi-fi's, maybe even
MD) will have IEEE1394 ports - then it will be a whole new ball game....
GB
----- Original Message -----
From: Rodney Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, 3 January 2000 8:00
Subject: MD: MD Discam
>
> I'm about to take delivery of my Panasonic PT56WXF95 HDTV which I
> partially funded by selling my TRV900. I will be buying at least one
> replacement camcorder. As much as I criticized the Sony MD Discam for
> not having an IEEE1394 Firewire Port and only offering 10 minutes worth
> of MPEG2 quality video per disc, it is the clear front runner for it's
> unique and creative editing possibilities. Thankfully it does have
> S-Video output so images shot on this camcorder will probably appear
> close to TRV900 quality. Mainly because you can only use the S-Video
> output of either camcorder to show images on a television set, except
> for special monitor types of television sets that have various
> computer/VGA/SVGA, etc. inputs or of course IEEE1394 inputs. I know of
> no consumer television that offers these. Anyway, what would defintely
> give the MD Discam the first choice is the ability to shoot 16:9 images,
> especially since the Panasonic is a 16:9 TV. I can't find this
> information on the MD Diiscam website. Does anyone know if it will shoot
> 16:9 images? Further, it claims a 1/4 inch CCD with 680k pixels, 340k of
> which are active. Why are half not active, what does this mean? Other
> camcorders in the running are the ultra cool Sony DCR-PC100 (I really
> like the style and I like the Nightshot feature and wish it were on the
> Discam or the TRV900/PD100A even though in reality I probably wouldn't
> use it much) the TRV900/PD100A or the Canon GL1.
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