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| Thread ID: 101474 | 2009-07-16 03:32:00 | HD Camcorders | Metla (12) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 792175 | 2009-07-16 03:32:00 | Anyone know the best place to look for these? | Metla (12) | ||
| 792176 | 2009-07-16 04:12:00 | Sony have one coming up for auction on their site on July 17th. I got one a few months back $800 below retail full guarantee |
Arnie (6624) | ||
| 792177 | 2009-07-16 04:23:00 | $800 below retail? What was the rrp?, The ones I was looking at are priced around $1100. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 792178 | 2009-07-16 07:16:00 | I have one I was going to put on Trademe as I hardly use it anymore. If you are interested, PM me. It is immaculate and would be a good one to own Ken Oooops, am I allowed to do this? |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 792179 | 2009-07-16 08:03:00 | What format you looking for AVCHD or HDV?? AVCHD : hard to edit. Need quadcore PC. HDV: tape based , easy to edit.. |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 792180 | 2009-07-16 08:52:00 | Not looking at tape models. Its not quite for me either.... That is to say my Father lent out his video camera and the munt who borrowed it left it outside on the fence for over 2 weeks, So if teh old boy is going to replace it I'm going to try and talk him into something that is worth me borrowing freqently and for extended periods. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 792181 | 2009-07-16 22:26:00 | AVCHD : hard to edit. Need quadcore PC. Rubbish. Get a copy of Sony Vegas or other software that supports AVCHD. I've edited a few AVCHD videos & they were a piece of cake on my dual core. It's just the rendering time at the end that you need a fast CPU to speed things up. But you can just leave your PC to it & go do something else. |
autechre (266) | ||
| 792182 | 2009-07-16 22:32:00 | Yeah Sony Vegas handles AVCHD excellently - I'd recommend this over HDV. You do want 2GB RAM and > 2.6 Dual Core to make rendering manageable. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 792183 | 2009-07-17 02:05:00 | "2.6 Dual Core to make rendering manageable." What if you only have say a P4.2.66 with 2 gig of RAM single core. AVCHD is near imposable. HDV fine.. The last thing I would want to do is spend $1500 for a HD cam corder and then have to turn round and buy a new PC. Did that when I went to DV.. Not again.. |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 792184 | 2009-07-17 02:27:00 | You can render HDV MPEG2 with a Pentium II 650 with less than 1GB RAM - albeit a long job. I have done this using Pinnacle Studio v9 then v10. That is 1440x1080i - and that gives a great HD video on a LCD TV. AVCHD is the newer standard that compresses your original HD file more but needs more processing grunt giving similar quality but with a smaller file size. Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
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