[Deromax]

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MPEG2 at 9 Mbps is very good quality. The typical Hollywood DVD movie is around 5-6 Mbps. I don't have specs, but I'm guessing that MPEG2 at the high quality setting is going to look better than miniDV at its 3.5 Mbps

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You got your metrics mixed up. DV is 3.5 MBps. Notice the capital B. That's byte, not bit. And this amount to 25 Mbps, yes, nearly 3 times more than your quoted 9 Mbps.

MPEG is a final delivery format and have no place on a camcorders which is an aquisition device.

My opinion...

[clayshima]

I am completely disappointed with Sony.
This Camera have better not having success, else Sony will start to ditch iLink in its new products, pulling the plug on the owners of TV sets, HDD-DVDR recorders and other iLink-equiped products.
Putting only USB in consumer cameras and forcing Pro users to buy only the most expensive iLink-featured hardware is a bad move.... it sounds like enforcing the non-compatibility between the 2 lines of products... Well, I guess that, as always, Sony is forgetting that, while they themselves see each department or division as a separate company, the consumer is seeing it as a whole (lost, reluctant and self-contradictory whole) one.
Shame, shame....

[tallscot]

Yeah, I had a brain fart on the 3.5 Mbps for DV, but I still think MPEG2 is going to look as good or better than miniDV for home use. I think DVDs look great, personally.
What do I deliver on with my home movies? DVD. What does my DV movie end up being encoded to? MPEG2. So why capture in the DV codec only to reencode it in MPEG2? Why not just be native throughout?
For home, MPEG2 should be fine.
BTW, isn't HDV MPEG2?