On 16 Sep 2000 09:25:54 GMT, "John P. Beale" wrote:

>hdsq@my-deja.com wrote:
>: I imported the video through firewire and analyze it frame by frame.
>: Here is the problem. The VX2000 in progressive mode only captures 15
>: unique frames/second. This is exactly the same as the TRV900 that I also
>: have. The problem is that the in between frames that are needed to
>: produce the 30 frames/second output is both noisy and have a slight
>: vertical offset. On the TRV900, the in between frames are just a pure
>: duplicate of the previous frame, which makes the video looks a little
>: jerky, but fine for my application.

>I discovered exactly this with a VX2000 on display in a store. I recorded
>some progressive and some interlaced video on a tape I brought in, then
>played it back on my TRV900 at home (I don't own the VX2000 myself) to a
>monitor. The interlaced video was normal but the progressive stuff was
>shockingly jittery, far more so than the "normal" 15 fps progressive of the
>TRV900. I assumed it must be some incompatibility in progressive recorded
>on VX2k and played back on the TRV900. But perhaps not.
>-john
>www.bealecorner.com

No - it shows on direct-TV viewing, also, with
the VX-2000...
I wondered about it when I bought my first
VX-2000, but didn't persue it since I don't
care about progressive-scan or still-image use.
A second VX-2000 bought later showed the identical
effect. Holding the camera VERY steady, with AF
turned off and zooming not used quiets the picture,
(a fact of moderate interest, though...;-).