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Response to Is there any current DV system that handles both ntsc,pal and HDtv format editing?

from Brian Meade (brianmeade@yahoo.com)
The easiest way to do what you want to do is to buy a $600 NTSC/PAL VCR. It will allow you to record from any one to any other. I recently asked a sales person at B&H (800-947-9929) this question. He claimed not to know of any NLE system that would do such a thing. He suggested several VCR's that would accomplish such a feat. On the second note, I was on the phone with Sony Technical today for a long time and also the inept Sony sales team for the east coast in Tneck NJ. When asked, the Tneck people transferred me 6 times; ultimately to an indecypherable foreign-speaking repair guy in the basement who then transfered me back to the initial IS. (Ignorant[of virtually any and all factual or helpful information]Secretary) But the very helpful person from Sony Product Operation Support Center(800-883-6817)informed me that befor compression, HD signals (bit rates) typically take up 1.5gig per second uncompressed. Now the compression used is MPEG2, so I believe it can be compressed up to 20 to 1. That is unconfirmed, however I believe I've read that somewhere. Anyway, even at 20-1, that would be 50mb per second. Lord have mercy. Mercy, mercy, mercy. DV is 3.2 meg per second. The camera I am interested in is the HDW-700 costing $73,000. Chump change when compared with the cost of film. And when transfered from HD 16:9 to 35mm film the result is better than if it were origanally shot with film. I had to go before I got an answer on their editing solution, but they're sending me all the info. (I'm getting married tomorrow) I'm sure that they will recommend a linear solution at this point, but I have been assured that by the end of this year the HDW-700 will have the 24P feature which is what we all dream of in our deepest, most liquid fantasies. (24 frame per second progressive scan) When that happens the file sizes will be managable and NLE may be an affordable solution. When I recieve more information I'll post it. Till then happy trials. Brian Meade
(posted 9063 days ago)

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