> bigrocketman3@webtv.net (Steve McDonald) wrote in message

news:<19029-3F55AB11-1@storefull-2114.public.lawson.webtv.net>...

> > The response that implied that the Sony TRV730 and TRV830 Digital8

> > models have poor low-light performance is very incorrect. The TRV730

> > and 830 give good performance in limited light, compared to other

> > single-CCD camcorders in the Digital8 and DV lines. These MegaPixel

> > models give good video resolution as well, having 690,000 effective CCD

> > video pixels. All the Sony Digital8 camcorders with model numbers lower

> > than 730 have only 290,000 effective CCD video pixels and give lower

> > resolution performance. These non-MegaPixel models are not very good in

> > unlighted indoor use. The TRV130 is also limited in its ability to

> > input video and make analog to digital conversions. A used TRV730 or

> > 830 would be a much better investment. This is coming from someone who

> > has a TRV730 and has used it extensively.

> >

> > Steve McDonald

"Greg Lovern" <gregl@gregl.net> wrote in message news:4f7dfead.0309030608.75d305f@posting.google.com...

> Is it possible to view all 690,000 pixels on an HDTV? If you plugged

> it into a NTSC TV (the standard, non-HDTV kind of TV in the USA), or

> plugged it into one of the standard, non-HD inputs of an HDTV, you

> wouldn't see more than 345,600 pixels.

>

> Will a TRV730 send an HD signal to an HDTV? If not, would you have to

> download the tape to a HTPC connected to an HDTV?

There is no 1:1 correlation between CCD pixels and output

pixels; more than 345K CCD pixels (NTSC) can be used to

improve final image color and resolution without directly

mapping at 1:1 each CCD pixel to an output pixel - and as

a result, you cannot "see" each of the CCD pixels on any

motion-video display (except maybe when using the still

image mode...).

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David Ruether

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