Dvd / Hd Dvd

[andrear]

Hi!

I ahve read a lot in this excelente forum, but still have one question.
Why can't we save HDV footage in a normal DVD disc?
The HD DVD have much more capacity than the regular DVD, but can't we save the HDV data in a DVD and have 20 ou 30 minutes of high definition?
Can you talk more about this?

(sorry for my english!!!)

Thanks

[Elkoss]

Hi Andrear,

Of course you can record your data on a DVD. Then you can play it on a computer with apropriate software. HD DVD doesn not exist. The upgrade is Blue-Ray, which is still (for me) too expensive.

When I want to give a HDV recording to my friend, I simple burn it on a DVD.

I'm also considering to buy something like Dvico TViX HD M5000A Streaming Jukebox incl. 250 GB Harddisk. It costs 350€ and can play/record HD content on your HD LCD screen!:hv20-smilie77:

Best regards!

[lwm99]

There are various discussions on recording HD video onto a normal DVD-R. See if there is something you are looking for:

http://www.hv20.com/showthread.php?t=1257

http://www.camcorderinfo.com/bbs/t131330.html

http://www.camcorderinfo.com/bbs/t132376.html

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=705146

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?MessageID=531655&Replies=56

[pc001]

TVix M4100 or 5100 look very promising. Anyone has one of these babies? How smooth is the video encoded in .m2t or h.264?

Perry

[andrear]

I think you are not correct. The HD DVD is on the market. I have a laptop qosmio G20 from toshiba and the G30 come with an HD DVD.

But my quastion was if I save the footage on a DVD the quality is the same of the mini DV tape or I will loose a lot of quality?

Thaks,

andré

[Ian-T]

The quality shoould be the same if saved as a data file.

[DaveReporter]

Answering your questions
1) It is possible to use your NLE to render out the HDV stream and to burn the file onto a DVD. However you will NOT be able to play the footage back using a set top DVD player so you will need to connect your computer to the screen and use that.
2) You will fit about 15 minutes of HDV footage on a single layer DVD - up to 30 minutes on a DL disk so it is an option for archiving
3) If you want to be able to play HDV on a screen without using a computer you will need either a hard disk HD device (as discussed in the previous post) OR you will need to invest in a Blu-Ray or HD-DVD burner and a set top Blu-Ray or HD-DVD player in order to create a high definition disk that is playable. My recommendation is to hold off purchasing this equipment for now because it is still early days which means prices will fall significantly and there are two competing DVD formats which are incompatible (although I believe some companies will be producing dual mode players).

Note that HD-DVD is a specific DVD format that uses special HD-DVD burners and disks. The main proponent of this format is Toshiba. It is NOT simply burning an HDV file onto a standard DVD+ or DVD- disk.

I hope this helps clarify things.

Dave

[andrear]

Thanks.

I'm gone wait for afordable prices, and what format will survive.
At this moment the data will be archived in the mini DV tape!

[haebby]

TVix M4100 or 5100 look very promising. Anyone has one of these babies? How smooth is the video encoded in .m2t or h.264?


I've been using the M4100 for several weeks now. Playback of my HDV footage in form of .m2t files is wonderful - no problems, awesome picture quality, very convenient.