Thanks all for your contributions.

DV made more sense to me. I was just wondering whether I had missed
something with new camcorders, both tape and DVD, coming to market with
MPeg-2 recording.

I will stick with what I have, format wise.

So, next question has to be which camcorder. So much choice.

Thanks again.

DG.

"Gary MacKenzie" wrote in message
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On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 11:06:27 +0100, "DG" wrote:

What are the benefits of AVI DV over MPEG-2, if any?

I am looking for a new camcorder and see that MPEG-2 format recordings are
creeping in. Is there any particular reason?

How about editing? Are there any practical differences in the two?

Thanks.

DG

DV : can edit to the nearest 1/25th second accurately
Mpeg-2 : can edit to nearest I-frame

dv : for editing
mpeg-2 : for keeping uneditted on a physically smaller media that may
be played back on a domestic dvd-player