Sony & Panasonic Launch New HIGH DEF Consumer MPEG-4 Camcorder Format!

[Rudyard]

looks like a format that will fail ...

"We think a disc will be more efficient and user friendly,"

are they on drugs ?

12 minutes per side on an 8 cm DVD,

are they on drugs and nuts ? -- 24 minutes total per disk , and you have to flip it half way at the 12 minute mark doesnt sound very user friendly ... never mind the fact that h264 is not so edit friendly - though at that bitrate - should look wonderful ...

looks like this is targeted to low end consumer - the same idiots that would buy a dvd camcorder ... but think since it says HD, it must be the best ,,,, i would take hi8 with a top of the line broadcast camcorder over this (which has great lens btw)

You seem to know quite a bit about this sort of stuff, could I ask your opinion on the Sony HD3 HD camcorder that uses mini DV tape to record HDV?

I am very close to buying this camera but am wondering if I am the idiot that has seen HD and is impressed? (i have read a lot about it and seen the camera but enjoy peoples opinions)

Is what I am buying in your opinion a bad idea with this new technology coming in?

[BJ_M]

i meant a (disk) DVD camera -- it was badly worded .... i'm sorry (and didnt notice until you pointed it out)

you are looking at a HDV camera - which is a far different thing (at this point)

i think you mean the HDR-HC3 , good review of that here http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Sony-HDR-HC3-Camcorder-Review.htm