"Just D" wrote in message
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Hi Baird,

You are falling for marketing hype!

Well, I read many reviewes before I asked this question here. Some of them
were very positive about this exact camcorder. Btw, maybe you're not
aware, it was said that it has the same diameter of the lens like GL2 has.

You're obviously are very naive', reviews are dictated by advertisers,
underwriters,
authors undisclosed associations etc. Long established in the audio/HiFi
sectors,
now in every consumer electronics areana.


It is still not resolved, OEM's are marketing new flatscreens that claim
200khz or higher, intelligent backlighting and a whole heap of other
techno guff, as they accept that current "Hi-Def" is too problematic and
far from satisfactory.

Even more, I read one article that the European Community will stop
selling devices above some critical resolution because the\y are comsuming
too much energy, believe or not. So everything is not ideal for sure.

This is a UK group, we are European. The issue you floated on is global not
just
European.


But the masses fell for the hype, now the "Hi-Def" spin passes into other
areas, such as hand-held domestic camcorders.....


Do you have any grasp of the actual differing compression techniques,
how will you be viewing your new camcorder captured HD footage, on your
PC? If so it won't look any different then a youtube flash clip, and

I really do because I'm a professional software developer and know these
things much better than the most people in the world.

I don't believe you. In the thread below this one which you authored
entitled
"DV = Computer" you reveal how little you know, you can't even get the
terms
correct stating "fireware" for firewire etc. Basically archiving DV footage
is best
done to DVD, long established. But though you own a camcorder your request
was for a device to copy to PC, exactly what your existing camcorder can do!


The codec is a very important part for sure. I tested many different apps
and got stuck on Vegas, thanks to Jerry, who recommended me this Vegas
several years ago here in this newsgroup. It's able to provide me a very
good broadcast quality, producing a 2-hr movie written on 1 regular 4.5GB
DVD.

ALL authoring software will produce 2 hr DVD's at the set criteria for the
DVD standard bitrate. And again you betray your lack of knowledge, one
"regular" DVD is 4.7gb not 4.5gb


do you really think you will discern Hi-Definition imaging with such a
devices lens, the lighting and ambiance?

Does same lens size mean anything? It's not a micro hole made for video
shooting, I know about difraction, lens sizes and sensor sizes since I
started playing with photo and video many years ago.


You obviously learned very little from so many years experiance.
So it's claimed "Hi-Def" capabilities make it viable for Hollywood and
broadcasters to use.


The Internet is my second home... or the first?

I don't doubt you on that one.