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How much better is the video quality of a new digital camcorder compared to the older analog or Hi8 tape camcorders such as the Sony HandyCam. I am particularly curious about the zoom. Many of the newer camcorders have 60X or lower zoom levels, my Sony HandyCam has a 64X zoom and still has reasonably good quality at that level.
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The intended use of the video will also determine your apparent quality differences. If you have a small CRT television that you play back on and do no further editing, then there may not be much apparent advantage to a new digital camcorder, MiniDv or HD (H.264). If you edit and show your videos to a wider audience, or have a 720i or better TV, especially one of the larger ones, then yes, you will see a huge improvement in quality, even with the inferior HD format (Which is a marketing gimmick that is a step back from MiniDv).
One area in which analog MAY be superior, is in poorly lighted scenes. With advanced editing software such as Avid, more detail can be obtained from apparent darkness on analog than on digital. But if you have a $20,000 editing station, your not likely using a HandyCam!
The intended use of the video will also determine your apparent quality differences. If you have a small CRT television that you play back on and do no further editing, then there may not be much apparent advantage to a new digital camcorder, MiniDv or HD (H.264). If you edit and show your videos to a wider audience, or have a 720i or better TV, especially one of the larger ones, then yes, you will see a huge improvement in quality, even with the inferior HD format (Which is a marketing gimmick that is a step back from MiniDv).
One area in which analog MAY be superior, is in poorly lighted scenes. With advanced editing software such as Avid, more detail can be obtained from apparent darkness on analog than on digital. But if you have a $20,000 editing station, your not likely using a HandyCam!
how do i get better video quality using a dazzle dvd recorder?
Isaac Vulc
When i record something with my film camcorder, i transfer it to my computer by playing it back and recording it onto my computer using the dazzle dvd recorder. When i do this however, the video quality drops significantly, but the audio is fine. how do i get better video quality with my dazzle, even though my camcorder doesnt have an s-video output?
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You did not tell us which camcorder.
If it is an analog camcorder, you are reducing the quality when you transfer to the VOB DVD standard definition format. Each time you compress, you reduce quality. When you compress the video, dideo data is discarded. When you "decompress" the video, the decompression is providing only "best guess" when rebuilding the video.
If you want "best video quality", then don't re-use the tapes - transfer directly from the camcorder to the computer and skip the offload to the DVD recorder.
I don't think you are using a "film" camcorder. Film cameras would require you to send the exposed film out for developing and return to you with the developed film. Analog and digital video tape are more likely what you are using.
If you are using analog tape (VHS, VHS-C, Hi8), then get an analog/digital converter (USB for Pinnacle Dazzle; firewire for Canopus ADVC55 or ADVC110).
If you are using digital tape (Digital8 or miniDV), then install a firewire port on your computer and transfer the digital video directly. Firewire, IEEE1394 and i.LINK are all the same thing. If your computer has no firewire port and no expansion slot to add one, then your only option is the USB-connectinganalog/digital converter described above. USB-to-Firewire adapter/hub/converter/cable things do not work.
In either case, bypassing the DVD step you currently do and saving that for the LAST step of the process will greatly improve your video quality.
You did not tell us which camcorder.
If it is an analog camcorder, you are reducing the quality when you transfer to the VOB DVD standard definition format. Each time you compress, you reduce quality. When you compress the video, dideo data is discarded. When you "decompress" the video, the decompression is providing only "best guess" when rebuilding the video.
If you want "best video quality", then don't re-use the tapes - transfer directly from the camcorder to the computer and skip the offload to the DVD recorder.
I don't think you are using a "film" camcorder. Film cameras would require you to send the exposed film out for developing and return to you with the developed film. Analog and digital video tape are more likely what you are using.
If you are using analog tape (VHS, VHS-C, Hi8), then get an analog/digital converter (USB for Pinnacle Dazzle; firewire for Canopus ADVC55 or ADVC110).
If you are using digital tape (Digital8 or miniDV), then install a firewire port on your computer and transfer the digital video directly. Firewire, IEEE1394 and i.LINK are all the same thing. If your computer has no firewire port and no expansion slot to add one, then your only option is the USB-connectinganalog/digital converter described above. USB-to-Firewire adapter/hub/converter/cable things do not work.
In either case, bypassing the DVD step you currently do and saving that for the LAST step of the process will greatly improve your video quality.
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