hi all

i have been following this thread for quite some time and found it helpful in enlightening my insight on camcorders. got one thing to ask: current HDD (hard disk) camcorders mainly records into MPEG2 format. is there ever any HDD camcorder that is capable to record into DV-AVI format? from my observation so far, apparently there isn't any. i wonder what is stopping camcorder manufacturers from incorporating DV-AVI capability into their HDD camcorders. if storage is an issue, then let say theoretically a 80-GB HDD camcorder should be able to record up to 6 hours* of 25-Mbps footage (standard DV-AVI bitrate). technically or commercially, any reason or opinion? correct me if i am wrong. thank you.

*assumption: nothing else (stills, or recordings of different formats/bitrates) is recorded into the hard disk.

This post has been edited by average.joe: Jul 29 2007, 08:52 PM

hi there

hard disk camcorders transfer data into your pc by means of USB2.0 connection, transfering directly in form of .mpg (for sony hdd handycam) files. yes, "as it is", no "capturing" (in its actual nomenclature) involved. firewire is irrelevant for this kind of camcorder.

This post has been edited by average.joe: Aug 8 2008, 10:51 PM