1920 x 540 = 1,036,800 (1080i60)
Why do I perceive 1080i as higher resolution than 720p? When I watch FOX 720p NFL football it looks noticeably lower res than CBS 1080i NFL football to me. Am I imagining that?I don't think so.
I get my HD off air not cable so I'm looking at a higher def CBS than perhaps you get from cable.
You might consider getting one of those divx hard drive enclosures. That would be far cheaper than trying to burn Bliu-ray discs (at what, $20 or $25 apiece) and way easier than changing discs when you want to play them back. Just plan the work so that transcoding happens overnight while you're sleeping, during the day when you're at work and over the weekend when you're out.
I hope your signal is higer def as my cable is only standard def.
My point was that the level of compression can vary from channel to channel depending on what happens at the local level.The compression that goes onto the signals is unreal. That's one of the biggest reasons I'm not ga-ga over consumer/end-user HD. After seeing footage from a $130,000 camera played back on a $10,000 calibrated HD monitor (by an $85,000 deck no less) nearly every day for over a year there's nothing really on the consumer end to make my jaw drop.
I've never seen one of those Galaxy Metal Gear Boxes before. So it spits out A/V directly to the HDTV via the HDMI port? OIC it's not a HDMI port although it has the same shape as one. I've added the analog component breakout cable closeup so all can see how that would work. Can you explain more about how you feed it and how you retrieve video from it please?
It seems like the IO Data branded player has component output only, while the JVC branded one has DVI-I. IO Data makes both players.
Yes Apple TV's limited to 720p so far. And it wants an iPod compatible version of your original HDV edit to communicate it from your Mac to your Apple TV to your HDTV. But you can easily export such a version directly from iMovie or from a Handbrake mp4 rip of a DVD Image - NOT a physical DVD - you can make with iDVD or Toast for a little bit better quality.
That depends on what you want to do. For simple editing use iMovie HD. If your iMac is from the past two years you should have it. Here is a great site for information about iMovie, which includes tutorials.
The only way to transfer video is to use a 4 pin to 6 pin FireWire (a.k.a. i.Link a.k.a. 1394a) cable.
Congrats. From where for how much money please? ProVantage has pushed back deliveries another two weeks minimum.
Nope. You are completely out of luck geekism. The SR1 is what is commonly referred to in the business as a DEAD END product.I just bought the Sony SR1 before I left for my trip to Asia. I assumed it would work with my mac...so much for that. The camera is great, especially with the new wide angle lense I just bought for it in Singapore, but I'm going to fill this thing up and be unable to pull of any video.
Have there been any updates that would allow me to get the HD files off of this friggen thing so I can edit on my MacBook?
I took these posts from another thread so you all can see what's up with the Sony HDR-SR1 camcorder. A Newbie Chiggs started a SR1 thread over in the Digital Audio section. Go figure.
It appears that Sony has created a monster of a Public Relations nightmare with this camera. Apparently Sony has made sure no one can edit anything they shoot with this camera even with their own Sony Vegas Windoze software.Nope. You are completely out of luck geekism. The SR1 is what is commonly referred to in the business as a DEAD END product.
shot by Al Lundell in Hawaii Friday 3.9.07 you can view and download from Ken's site.
That's because it will take some time for consumers to realize they are going to lose their footage if they don't have it backed up on TAPE. Hard Drives BREAK way sooner than tape fails.
I don't believe it - not without tape rolling simultaneously.
I recently attended a video expo where experts in HD were on a panel. To a person not one of them thought shooting directly to a hard drive was a good idea without a TAPE MASTER rolling. Not ONE. The notion you will shoot to a HD without tape and not lose your original footage due to mechanical failure is not believed by any of these experts.
Cockpit Error Most Definitely. Did you read any documentation in the iMovie Help Files?
Given they do what you recommend first Michael, I think some may also not understand:
First off, this is why I'm hesitant to recommend tapeless cameras w/o mentioning the fact that you need a back-up/archival solution and a more thought out workflow to help avoid accidentally loosing footage. For consumers I don't think now is the time to buy a camera that doesn't shoot onto tape. For people who make a living in this industry it's whatever workflow best fits their needs. A tapeless workflow is more complicated for a documentary shooter than it is for a VFX company that always shoots on a green screen, for example.
Tapeless is where things are going. Be it Sony's XDCAM, Pansonic's P2 cards, Red One's HDDs/flash drive, or anyone of Firestore's offerings. The tapeless or "IT" workflow is still bleeding edge and will take a number of years for a proven workflow to filter into common usage, but it will happen. Personally, I can't wait. I worked on a show using XDCAM HD and I didn't miss tape one bit. I'm excited that there are people like Jim Jannard (RED) and David Fincher ("Zodiac") are trailblazing the IT workflow, and it was only a few years ago that Lucas and Rodriguez were getting poo-pooed for saying they'd never shoot on film again. Just because something isn't right for you doesn't mean it's not right for someone else.
And HDV's compression is significantly higher than MiniDVs compression (making it such a PITA in post that there is almost universal agreement to transcode footage shot in HDV into a different codec for editing). Speaking of MiniDV, how many computers had firewire when the VX1000 first went on sale? How many years after that did computers get fast enough to no long need 3rd party hardware assist cards at all? It's all just coming full circle now w/HD. Now that SD is relatively easy to handle we have a new format coming into common usage. The requirements for working with HD today parallel the requirements for working w/SD 7 or 8 years ago.
