Re: bad news, good news, bad news

["Stephen Goodman" <spgoodman@earthlight.net>]

From: Tony K
> What are people's thoughts on the 'new' video formats?  HDD?  DVD? 
> MemStick?

Invariably tape is still king in non-ultra-pro markets.  HD on MiniDV is 
obtainable by as little as £650 UK (which is probably, minus the draconian 
black-hole taxes and tariffs, quite a lot less in the US).  As far as I 
know 
DVD/stick cams are using compression of some kind, which could make for 
trouble in future days when remastering for The New Format, whatever it 
will 
be by then.  As far as HD goes I think the camcorder and other markets are 
still shaking the fleas off from the HD-BD format wars, and within a year 
prices will become more reasonable.  Unless Sony wants to jack up their 
royalty fee of course.

Duncan?  What's your take on this level of camcorder media?

I'm deciding right now between a Canon MD235 and a Panasonic NV-GS90EB-S, 
both of them Mini-DV.  The Panasonic I suspect will take the cake, but I 
love Canon's internal menuing as it really tends to take the work out of 
using said appliance.  Gonna test drive this weekend if I get a chance 
after 
the Big Anonymous-Critics Worldwide Protests tomorrow (see 
http://www.enturbulation.org).  London's Tottenham Court Road can be a 
good 
place to handle the goods, as well as get emergency hardware replacements 
and picket dangerous cults.

SP Goodman
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