On Sun, 24 Jun 2001 21:29:08 GMT, jeepman@alt.net (Jeep Man) wrote:

>I just picked up a Sony TRV730 and the footage is definitely nice on a standard
>TV, but no matter what I do, I can not get reds and greens to look correct. I am
>comparing them to the actual objects recorded. Is it my TV, and it just will not
>show the correct tint?
>
>I am battling my wife on this, because she doesn't think it looks better than
>our Analog Sony CCD-TRV25.

It is very difficult to get really accurate color with any
medium, and especially with video, and more especially with
one-chip cameras... People tend to accept colors on TV that
are far removed from the original if they are not completely
different from the original (as in, grey for green, red for
purple, etc.). With one-chip DV camcorders, good foliage
greens seem to be the hardest to get right (and reds are
hard for all video cameras...). If broadcast TV and movie
tapes and DVDs look OK on your TV, blame the camera...
BTW, good analogue gear is not necessarily worse than
low-end DV - the Sony TR-700 Hi-8 one-chip image runs
rings around most one-chip DV, as an example (but one
put up with the tape fragility, the generation losses
when copying/editing, etc.).