Best new High Def HDD ?

1. lolito
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   Hi,

   I am planning to buy a new High Def. HDD camera. I have seen some new Panasonic 3CCD, Sony and Canon Cameras.

   I need it to perform well under Low light (indoors) scenery and have a good picture quality. Is the 3CCD lense the best one or is there any other new technology for optimal image quality?

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   Thanks

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2. birdcat
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   I think as a rule three chip cameras are better than single chip cameras (Red One exception noted).

   You may want to look at other than HDD - like SxS or P2 based or even HDV.  I am now using a HDD consumer HD camera (Sony HDR SR11) and while I love it and am very pleased with it's performance, I kinda wish I had a physical copy of what I film for backup purposes.  Right now, I copy from the camera to TWO external hard drives on my PC before deleting from the camera just to make sure I don't lose anything in the event of a HD crash (have had this hapen already - lost some stuff and it will cost me lots of $$$ to get it back).

   The biggest thing you need to identify is your budget and once you have a hard number, list your feature priorities and see what you come up with.

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3. David Naud
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    Dear Birdcat:  You need not accumilate footage on hdd forever.  A cheaper solution is to fetch your footage with a video editing (software) like Pinnacle Studio 12 ultimate and write it on normal DVD with normal DVD writer as AVCHD disc.  However you can only get ± 35 min of footage on disc but the quality at 100% is blue ray like.  You can stretch to ±45 minutes without noticeable quality drop.  The correct option maybe is to get a Blue Ray Writer and save on Blue Ray Disc. The last option is more expensive but a lasting solution.  Blue Ray Writer in your currency ± $ 250 empty Blue disc ± $ 20-25.  You will have to comply with minimum Computer Processing power(for 1080P at least Core2 Quad with decent Screen card) Happy edditing

   David  

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4. EarlC
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   BluRay hasn't been around long enough to know how long it will last. Neither, for that matter, has DVD. I have come to realize that NOTHING, except maybe my old t-shirts, is permanent :-)

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5. Eventvideoguy
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   So I was wondering.  I got my dad a JVC HD HDD camcorder.  The problem is that it records the HDV MPEG file to a .TOD format.

   Do all of the HDD camcorders record MPEG to their own formats?

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6. mxfreeman
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   Hey guys, just wanna share the things i've got. well actually, im new in this kind of stuff. and i have read the articles/reviews about HD Camcorders. suddenly, i wanted to buy  a camcorder. can you guys help me out here.. i saw the Sanyo Xacti vpc-hd100r HD Camcorder Reviews. is it really a good one to buy?

   please help me out on this. thanks..

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