Comments for Canon HV20 One-Chip HDV High Definition Video Camera at http://www.hometheaterhifi.com , comment 1 to 12 out of 12 comments http://www.hometheaterhifi.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:48:40 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/digital-cameras-products-menu-column3-50/219-a-secrets-digital-video-camera-review.html#comment-2384 you've 60 different images and they are interlaced why would 60 halves be better than 30 whole images? it's also not a faux 24p btw the 24p is packed in there untouched you only need a program that can properly read the flags and takes only the 24p recorded video discarding the added frames packed in to make it 30/60 and more compatible on video out etc. the real advantage to the p modes is the longer exposure time giving much better black level performance and from what i've seen in other reviews better color accuracy. if it's good enough for film i'd assume it's good enough for entry level home hdv. - me Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:35:10 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/digital-cameras-products-menu-column3-50/219-a-secrets-digital-video-camera-review.html#comment-1485 The HV30 was not available when I got the HV20 for review. Shooting in 1080p does have its disadvanatages in that the image is not nearly as smooth as it is with 1080i. That's because with 1080i you have 60 different images when there is motion in the scene, while with 1080p30 you only have 30 and your eyes can detect this. After having tested both types, I prefer 1080i60 over 1080p30. - JEJ Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:25:36 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/digital-cameras-products-menu-column3-50/219-a-secrets-digital-video-camera-review.html#comment-1479 The advice of holding the camera very still in order to avoid jaggies on vertical structures is really silly. The whole point of the HV20 is the progressive mode. There's not much of a point in using it in its 60i mode except for when you want to do a slo-mo scene in post. You can no longer buy any interlaced displays (CRT), so why bother with interlaced video - that's so 1940s... Oh, and yes, you should have reviewed the HV30 instead. On the other hand a bit of history isn't that bad either. - progressivist Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:52:56 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/digital-cameras-products-menu-column3-50/219-a-secrets-digital-video-camera-review.html#comment-954 The HV30 came out half a year ago, the HV20 is history now. Why reviewing an old model? When posting test results you should have specified what mode was it, presumably HDV (60i) full auto. - Michael J. Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:38:33 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/digital-cameras-products-menu-column3-50/219-a-secrets-digital-video-camera-review.html#comment-927 thankyou for great review you are not writing about sony camcorders and comparisions also with other camcorders in the market especially in hdv - ramesh Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:07:11 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/digital-cameras-products-menu-column3-50/219-a-secrets-digital-video-camera-review.html#comment-895 exlent low cast hdv cam with tape backup is very standard format for us.hdd can fails some times .but there record on tape so we are very happy to take this camera....thank u cannon camera family.... - sreenivas Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:00:45 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/digital-cameras-products-menu-column3-50/219-a-secrets-digital-video-camera-review.html#comment-854 you are giving detailly about hv20 and hv10. thank you very much for great review. but i have a request you should concentrate on upcoming and latest camcorders in the market. like other camcorder sites. any way thank you very much for this review - ramesh Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:46:29 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/digital-cameras-products-menu-column3-50/219-a-secrets-digital-video-camera-review.html#comment-91 AVCHD is a highly compressed format, so you can get a lot of video on the hard drive. I will request the HH10 next, now that the HV20 is completed, and we will compare them. - JEJ Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:18:19 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/digital-cameras-products-menu-column3-50/219-a-secrets-digital-video-camera-review.html#comment-84 Great review, thanks. - gl Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:49:07 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/digital-cameras-products-menu-column3-50/219-a-secrets-digital-video-camera-review.html#comment-67 That's correct. It's a faux 24p wherein it introduces 3:2, then presumably said indie crew will have the software/hardware package capable of extracting the 24fps from the 3:2 in post-production. - ender21 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:12:30 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/digital-cameras-products-menu-column3-50/219-a-secrets-digital-video-camera-review.html#comment-64 You say that the video is interlaced, but on the first page you say that with the 1080p24 functionality an indie film crew would be all set... so how does the 1080p24 output work, if the native video is interlaced? Is the camera itself doing some 3:2 inverse telecine? - Kieran Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:08:38 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/digital-cameras-products-menu-column3-50/219-a-secrets-digital-video-camera-review.html#comment-59 Great review JJ. I own the HV20 and have enjoyed a lot of nice images from it. However, if I had it to do over again, I would have waited another month before buying and instead bought the HG10 instead. With its built-in hard drive allowing for greater capacity and AVCHD, full resolution 1920x1080 video, with all other things being equal wouldn't it be a better choice over the tape-based, 1440x1080 solutions on the HV20? - ender21 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:54:59 +0100