Sony & Panasonic Launch New HIGH DEF Consumer MPEG-4 Camcorder Format!

[Jerry Jones]

Sony & Panasonic team up to create "AVCHD" - a brand new high definition format for camcorders based on H.264 MPEG-4:

http://tinyurl.com/oan3u

Panasonic to adapt the new format for SD cards as well:

http://tinyurl.com/hy8hf

Jerry Jones

http://www.jonesgroup.net

[Jerry Jones]

Here's the OFFICIAL release from SONY with some interesting details:

http://tinyurl.com/lv2zz

Wow, they're going to include a PROGRESSIVE FRAME, 1080/24p option!

Jerry Jones

http://www.jonesgroup.net

[Dr Mordrid]

But only 8 bit....

[Hulk]

I am not looking forward to editing these super high compression formats. Jeez, I thought HDV might be too compressed for an editing format.

This is kind of akin to recording tracks in mp3 format. Crazy!

- Mark

[Jerry Jones]

I suspect they'll attempt to get around the compression problems by using INTERMEDIATE CODECS for editing.

Jerry Jones

http://www.jonesgroup.net

[Mikele]

good info

good and extensive info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264

Then... what will happen with HDV? Will disappear "soon" (a pair of years) like MicroMV tapes or APS film? Is a bluff?
Humm, very suspicious.

I'm working in HDV with Sony Cams, for stock the HDV tapes for the future, but what future for HDV?