On Fri, 15 Sep 2000 06:48:59 GMT, hdsq@my-deja.com wrote:

>I am aware that the VX2000 progressive scan only generates 15 unique
>frames/second. This is fine for my application since the scene
>is static. The problem is that the recorded video (of a static scene) is
>very...very jittery and completely unusable. Horizontal
>lines/edges move slightly up and down during playback of progressive
>scan video, even if the scene is static.
>
>The same mode on the TRV900 does not exhibit the same problem. Plus this
>problem only exists in progressive mode.
>
>Does anybody else have similar problem with their VX2000? To see the
>problem, shoot a static scene with horizontal and diagonal edges/lines
>in progressive scan and look carefully at the recorded video. On mine,
>it shows edges to be very jittery and pixelated.

My two VX-2000s do the same when held "almost" steady...
But, then, I have never figured out the appeal of
progressive-scan mode for anything but still-image
capture - and, why use a big/heavy/expensive camcorder
for that when a mid-line Kodak digital-still camera
will produce a far better still image at a fraction
of the price? (I never bothered to unpack the
stills-related gear for my several camcorders that
come with it since 640x480-resolution stills aren't
worth a whole lot to me...) Forget non-interlaced
video - this is an interlaced medium at present
and motion is better-rendered interlaced for TV
viewing (and if you make 320x240 video for
computer-viewing, you just drop every other scan
line for a non-interlaced image...).