On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 17:38:34 GMT, "Jim Harvey" <jharvey3@o3ptonline.net> wrote:

>"David McCall" <davidmccall@attbi.com> wrote in message

>news:elp7a.253784$SD6.12696@sccrnsc03...

>> "Craig Busch" <clbusch@earthlink.net> wrote in message

>news:3E5DB05A.1049B16@earthlink.net...

>> > Thanks for everyone's help. I have another question. Possibly

>subjective,

>> > possibly not.

>> >

>> > If you shot a video on how to play tennis outside with a nice 1 chip

>camera, and

>> > the same footage was shot with the 3 chip camera. The footage is

>edited, encoded

>> > to MPEG2 and burned on a DVD. If the average person were to watch the 1

>chip

>> > camera DVD on one day and on another day watch the 3 chip camera, would

>the quality

>> > difference stand out-be apparent-obvious?

>> >

>> > Thank you. Kind of similar to my original question, but a little more

>specific.

>> > I appreciate all the help.

>> > Craig

See www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/camcorder--comparison.htm

for a comparison of various Sony imaging devices (three

one-chip, two three-chip).

>> Maybe.

>>

>> The difference is substantial, and anybody with an eye for

>> picture quality would likely see the difference.

>>

>> There seem to be a lot of consumers that just don't seem to care.

>> As long as it is good enough to see what is going on, it's good enough.

>> It just depends on the viewer. If cable networks didn't think their

>audience

>> cared, they wouldn't spend so much money on equipment.

>>

>> David

>And now that Discovery has launched the "HD Channel", we're all sitting

>around holding our breath wondering just how many years are left before no

>one is going to accept "regular" footage anymore, save for the occasional

>airplane flying into a building or other natural/man-made disaster. <G>

>

>Jim Harvey

>JHV Digital (Soon to change to "JHVHD" which sounds a lot like "Jive-Head"

>LOL!)

Ah.......

See my post, "I Saw the Light! (Which was HDTV!!!;-)" in

rec.video - HDTV can be both wonderful and depressing...;-)

I compared good HDTV with some other things last night,

and..................................., sigh..........;-)

So, how much is that little JVC, and is it any good?! ;-)