Can a HV30 be connected to a 720P television?
I'd like to get a HV30 to record my son's car races, but right now we only have 720P televisions. We have plans to upgrade in the future. Can the HV30 be directly connected to the 720P television until then? I'll also need to upgrade computers to process high def. video. I figure one step at a time.
Sure can; use the supplied component cable with red, green & blue RCA jacks or, if your sets have HDMI, an HDMI cable.Originally Posted by elovell
HV30 movie format is 1080i or 480i(DV mode). HV30 output is also 1080i or 480i.
Generally 720p lcd TV support 1080i mode. Check the spec.
I own Samsung 720p lcd tv. It plays HV30 video thru HDMI cable. The quality is stunning....Don't use composite or else. HDMI is way to go.
Go ahead and buy HV30...
Last edited by vignette; 2009 February 8th at 14:20.
Thank you guys so much! Sometimes all of the technical jargon is over my head.
Could you point to a page in the specs?
480i is correct. There is no 480p output.
I corrected.
Depending on how much you plan to use the HV for that specific application, you might want to do some reading up on 'rolling shutter' and search for some threads of others using an HV for fast action. A different cam may be a better choice.
That will be the main purpose. Anything that you would recommend? It does not have to be high def if SD would work better.
Can't really recommend anything else. I just know there are some limitations of the HV's rolling shutter when used with fast action and a number of members have tried using the HV for motosports (myself included) with varying degrees of success and difficulty. Try searching for some of these threads.
There wouldn't be a problem with the rolling shutter if he is recording the race as a spectator and pointing the camcorder towards action taking placing in front of him/in the distance.
If it were strapped to a moving vehicle, the camcorder would be moving and then there would be a rolling shutter problem.
It will only be used from the stands.
You will be fine.
I know that when I film motocross my settings have to be perfect or I get ghosting on riders that move horizontally across the screen at high speed. Since it his son racing I figured he might have better access to the track than most spectators or he might be considering using it in-car. That's why I recommended he check out some of the other threads in here of people doing much the same. I only have the info the OP provided to go by when making a response.
In most cases Component and HDMI have the same video quality. Just thought I'd point that out.
Last edited by CycleWriter; 2009 February 8th at 21:37.
Maybe, but HDMI has the benefit of not needing a separate audio hookup.
Oh, I know. It just makes me sad when most people think they need to buy some HDMI cables to get better quality when really their composite cables are working just fine.
Well the RGB cables are carrying "analog component" video; capable of carrying HD, so certainly better than "analog composite" but HDMI lets you stay digital all the way, surely the preferred approach when the devices at both ends support a digital connection. And from the right source (such as Monoprice.com which I linked above) HDMI cables will often be competitive with or even less expensive than component cables.
Plus, if you wall-mounted your enormous new flat screen, you only need to do yoga contortions with a flashlight and a dental mirror to plug in one relatively slender cable, not five (I do wish they had locking connectors, though!).
Luxaltor, I hope you mean component cables. If you think composite and HDMI are even remotely comparable, I seriously suggest you get your eyes checked out.
Haha... whoops. Thanks for pointing that out. It won't let me edit my post though =/ .
Ahhh, but I can.
I would almost kill for that.. ALMOST. I run the monitor board at my church, we recently installed a few of the new samsung flat panels (touch of red) in the foyers, and our announcements are run to them via HDMI, and they are a major pain to re-insert when people who don't know how to turn them off just pull the hdmi plug out.
Anyways, if you're going to be in the stands the HV30 should be fine. Now when you do get it, you will more than likely want to shoot in normal HDV mode; (when researching editing techniques, and this camera I'm sure you will pick up on what I'm saying very fast) what that means is great quality but a lot of pictures per second. The reason I say this is once you learn how to edit, and add effects, you may want to slow a race down to show your son his close finish or show him something else, and more frames a second means less blur and chopiness when slowed down
Good luck!!! You will love the camera, the outdoors (in my opinion) is where this camera looks the best
Thank you guys so much. You have all been extremely helpful.
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