Torn between SR1 and HV10... at DVinfo.net

Jack Zhang · September 3rd, 2006, 08:55 PM

The SR1 has a mere 1434K effective pixels during AVCHD recording but features a hard drive with a ton of features...

The HV10 has a stunning 2070k effective pixels during HDV recording but I hate dropouts.

I'm torn between these two right now, which one should I go for? Quality with the sacrifice of dropouts or Reliability with not as great quality?

I'll be losing a lot of sleep over this so answer fast.

Lee Wilson · September 3rd, 2006, 09:25 PM

Where have you heard about these drop outs ??

Personally I would go for quality everytime.

I am torn between the HC1 and the HV10.

Does anyone know how they stack up against each other quality wise ???

Cheers for any help.

Lee

Jack Zhang · September 3rd, 2006, 11:42 PM

The HC1/A1U has a close 1983K effective pixels during HDV recording

The HV10 has a stunning 2070k effective pixels during HDV recording

Lee Wilson · September 4th, 2006, 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack Zhang

The HV10 has a stunning 2070k effective pixels during HDV recording but I hate dropouts

What do you mean by "but I hate dropouts" when you talk about the HV10 ???

Thanks

lee

Jack Zhang · September 4th, 2006, 04:53 PM

^HDV is prone to dropouts which are half-second errors in the video. Lower quality tapes are very prone to dropouts and I don't want to lose a single shot because of a single dropout. I also can't afford to buy a couple of HDV tapes that are less prone to dropouts.

I'm going with the SR1, it's not that high quality but it's a good start with tons of convience.

Lee Wilson · September 4th, 2006, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack Zhang

^HDV is prone to dropouts which are half-second errors in the video. Lower quality tapes are very prone to dropouts and I don't want to lose a single shot because of a single dropout. I also can't afford to buy a couple of HDV tapes that are less prone to dropouts.

I'm going with the SR1, it's not that high quality but it's a good start with tons of convience.

Thanks I see now !

I am planning to get a HV10 and plumb it into my Apple powerbook and record straight to the hard drive through iMovie - bypassing the tape, I did this with an FX1 and it worked great, it saved me from having to digitise the footage later.

I supose this will avoid tape drop out also.

All the footage I have hunted down in the last two or three weeks shows the HV10 to be superior to not only the SR1 but even the FX1 !! (see here >>> http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthrea...641#post537641 )

Although I also own the JVC GZ MC500 hard drive camcorder and it is great to just be able to plumb your camera and drag off the clips you need - but for me quality is the bottom line so I am perpared to give up this luxury - although using my powerbook method will go some way to emulating this set up.

September 3rd, 2006, 08:55 PM	#1
Jack Zhang Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Burnaby, BC, Canada Posts: 3,053	Torn between SR1 and HV10... The SR1 has a mere 1434K effective pixels during AVCHD recording but features a hard drive with a ton of features... The HV10 has a stunning 2070k effective pixels during HDV recording but I hate dropouts. I'm torn between these two right now, which one should I go for? Quality with the sacrifice of dropouts or Reliability with not as great quality? I'll be losing a lot of sleep over this so answer fast.

September 3rd, 2006, 11:42 PM	#3
Jack Zhang Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Burnaby, BC, Canada Posts: 3,053	The HC1/A1U has a close 1983K effective pixels during HDV recording The HV10 has a stunning 2070k effective pixels during HDV recording Last edited by Jack Zhang; September 4th, 2006 at 02:25 AM.

September 3rd, 2006, 09:25 PM	#2
Lee Wilson Major Player Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 376	Where have you heard about these drop outs ?? Personally I would go for quality everytime. I am torn between the HC1 and the HV10. Does anyone know how they stack up against each other quality wise ??? Cheers for any help. Lee

September 4th, 2006, 04:53 PM	#5
Jack Zhang Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Burnaby, BC, Canada Posts: 3,053	^HDV is prone to dropouts which are half-second errors in the video. Lower quality tapes are very prone to dropouts and I don't want to lose a single shot because of a single dropout. I also can't afford to buy a couple of HDV tapes that are less prone to dropouts. I'm going with the SR1, it's not that high quality but it's a good start with tons of convience.