On Thu, 06 Aug 1998 02:05:30 GMT, tonycav@mindspring.com wrote:

>I was interested in the Sony dcr-vx1000 DV camcorder. My main concern
>was with the output quality. I would not be using the firewire
>output. Does this camcorder have at least a s-video out. Any chance
>it can output a component signal, like RGB/betacam/B-Y,R-Y,Y.
>
>How good is the s-video. Or is the only way to get the full quality
>is to buy a firewire card.

???
What will you use it for? If for viewing the image, then the "S"
output is fine (viewing using the FireWire output is somewhat
impractical...;-). If for editing, the FireWire connection bypasses
the digital decode/encode steps and sends the original digital
info straight to the computer (no generation losses). If your
question is, "Is the "S" output quality of the VX-1000 good?",
the answer is, "YES!" ;-) (I have been copying tapes shot in
the TRV-9 and placed in the VX-1000, using its "S" output going
into a Videonics video EQ and then into the "S" input of the
TRV-9 [to improve the image quality of the original tape in
the copy - making the TRV-9 a good user camcorder...] quite
successfully.) The VX-1000 has only composite, "S", and
FireWire outputs. The FireWire cards have some other advantages
besides the lack of generation losses. One is that the data
transfer rate needed is constant, and lower than that needed
for high-quality analogue digital-capture/play, making HD
needs more modest (and cheaper). Another is that sound synch
is locked.