12-30-2006, 11:20 PM
[quote BigGuynRusty][quote deckeda]I was under the impression regular DV format had enough resolution to compete with Hi8 or S-VHS. It doesn't?
Hi8 is DV on 8mm tape. It is superior to S-VHS.:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DV
No it isn't. Hi8 is a high resolution analog format, similar to the resolution of S-VHS. You are thinking of Digital8, which is DV format signal on an 8mm tape. The video quality on DV or Digital8 is only slightly better than Hi8, but with the digital formats you can do digital editing, whereas you can't do that with the analog formats without conversion. The down side to the Digital8 format is that you can only store a much smaller amount of video on an 8mm tape than you can with Hi8.
Hi8 is DV on 8mm tape. It is superior to S-VHS.:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DV
No it isn't. Hi8 is a high resolution analog format, similar to the resolution of S-VHS. You are thinking of Digital8, which is DV format signal on an 8mm tape. The video quality on DV or Digital8 is only slightly better than Hi8, but with the digital formats you can do digital editing, whereas you can't do that with the analog formats without conversion. The down side to the Digital8 format is that you can only store a much smaller amount of video on an 8mm tape than you can with Hi8.