Comments on: HD Camcorder: Canon HV20

By: praisehisawesomename

praisehisawesomename — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:35:19 +0000

no way, I just bought a new one from a reputable ebay seller two weeks ago….only $620. ebay!

By: SanitySource

SanitySource — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:47:12 +0000

This guy doesnt know what he’s talking about, it CAN record at a 24p mode, if it always recorded in 24P that would be so annoying.

And even though u have to rewind, the image on film (DV) is better than the image on a hard drive camera because the video on DV tape is 100% uncompressed. Where as hard drive cams automiatically compress the image. So there is wasted quality right there,

And it CAN run off hd tapes, U DONT NEED THEM.
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dont remove this comment.

By: yzguy757

yzguy757 — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:58:42 +0000

Well put!!!!

By: EZA757

EZA757 — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:05:47 +0000

HD requires HD components such as HD TV, HDVD players..unlike myself, I don’t have HD anywhere in my crib..so having a HD camera with no other HD players, defeats the purpose..

By: AngerPacifist

AngerPacifist — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:32:12 +0000

I don’t think you know what you’re talking about. The images on the tape ARE compressed! Look it up. Now you can run a SD cable out of HV20 and capture (with a delay) your footage through Final Cut Pro for the best quality this camera allows.

and 24fps is not annoying, but is and was the industry standard for the last 80+ years. It’s an established format for a reason and that’s what most professional filmmakers try to capture.

By: shishnit

shishnit — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:59:25 +0000

Another reason I heard why hard drives aren’t yet worth it is because there aren’t many codecs or anything that support it, it’s still wise to stay with DV.

By: thimbalistic

thimbalistic — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:09:46 +0000

what a load of tosh… The tape is still the best format there is. It’s just some people nowadays have no patience and want things instantly and just assume tape is old fashioned.

The problem with hard drive and sd card formats is alot of the editing programs don’t have the support for them yet. DV is universal.

By: ZiaGiuliana

ZiaGiuliana — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:25:37 +0000

…cool this guy.

By: 6543212341

6543212341 — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:44:13 +0000

actually its the opposite alot of industry standard software is adapting to avchd and a bunch of them: sony vegas, imovie, final cut already support it, so i dont know wut yer smoking bro. the output format for tape still encodes to either avchd or mpg 2 its just the quality thats better.

By: 6543212341

6543212341 — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:00:45 +0000

thats a load of bull do some research before you comment, almost all the industry standard video software support hard drive format aka “avchd” they are worth it trust me i own one…the only difference with tape is better quality because it has a more raw format.