Is this really going to be HD? All Canon supplied info shows this as Standard Definition. Even Canon's web site shows this as HR Wide Screen but Standard Def.Does anybody know if that will be changing with the April product release? Thanks. Is this really going to be HD? All Canon supplied info shows this as Standard Definition. Even Canon's web site shows this as HR Wide Screen but Standard Def.Does anybody know... » Read More Is this really going to be HD? All Canon supplied info shows this as Standard Definition. Even Canon's web site shows this as HR Wide Screen but Standard Def.Does anybody know if that will be changing with the April product release? Thanks. « Show Less
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They certainly don't seem very serious about it, regardless of the specs when it ships. Why on earth would they bother shipping this 1920x1080 resolution camera with just an RCA video cable? When the only way to play anything recorded on this camera in high-def is to either burn it to Blu-Ray on a $300 burner, buy a computer with an HDMI port (which only just recently became commonplace), or have a TV with VGA/DVI support, I can't even begin to fathom why the designers failed to build this player with a modern HDMI-compatible video out interface.
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no, this camcorder is not High Definition. It does not record in either 1080i or 720p. It does say however that it is high resolution, which is where I think it gets almost misrepresented. Here is the confusion.. Widescreen HR Recording The FS200 records true High Resolution Widescreen for picture perfect video. Canon's Widescreen HR Mode uses the entire width of the image sensor, capturing true 16:9 widescreen. What difference does it make? It's simple. The more pixels captured, the better your final image quality is.Notice that it does not say High DEFINITION, it says high RESOLUTION. Easy way to truly know is that In order for something to be high-def it has to be 1080i or 720p! no, this camcorder is not High Definition. It does not record in either 1080i or 720p. It does say however that it is high resolution, which is where I think it gets almost misrepresented. Here is the confusion.. Widescreen HR Recording The FS200 records true High Resolution Widescreen for picture perfect video. Canon's Widescreen HR Mode uses the entire width of the image sensor, capturing true 16:9 widescreen. What difference does it make? It's simple. The more pixels captured, the better your final image quality is.Notice that it does not say High DEFINITION, it says... » Read More no, this camcorder is not High Definition. It does not record in either 1080i or 720p. It does say however that it is high resolution, which is where I think it gets almost misrepresented. Here is the confusion.. Widescreen HR Recording The FS200 records true High Resolution Widescreen for picture perfect video. Canon's Widescreen HR Mode uses the entire width of the image sensor, capturing true 16:9 widescreen. What difference does it make? It's simple. The more pixels captured, the better your final image quality is.Notice that it does not say High DEFINITION, it says high RESOLUTION. Easy way to truly know is that In order for something to be high-def it has to be 1080i or 720p! « Show Less
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I have this camera and I can confirm that it is not HD. It's not advertised as HD (anywhere i've seen) so don't let anyone fool you. Sweet little camera though. And if you goto a store that price matches, WalMart has it for 299.88 right now and that's a great price.
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Hi friend,I shoot a hd video from my camera. which is 1080p full hd video and it was about 17 mins length. It was pretty good and i feel a good about the quality of the video. If any doubt, pls. specify.Thank you.
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I have a Canon HF 200, and have been trying to find some way to play my HD files on the BD-60. So far, no luck. I've emailed and called customer service to ask what formats are supported - waste of time. The customer rep said this was only available on the BD-80 (despite what the manual states) Good luck.
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I just picked one up from BB today, and the included manual isn't much more helpful. According to the manual, it is going to be up to the individual production of discs as far as what you'll be able to get from components. IF the protection is enabled, without HDMI you will only be able to view 480i or 480p. 720p or 1080i, either through HD DVD or upconverted SD DVD would/could be blocked. Hope this helps. Like I said, I have the unit and I'm watching it now with SD DVDs until tomorrow, and the upconversion is MUCH better than my previous Toshiba DVD upconversion player. Star Wars III was absolutely fantastic (picture wise. Unfortunately this unit cannot yet "upconvert" poor scripts, but I digress). If anyone wants to ask anymore questions, I'll be picking up a couple HD DVDs tomorrow (Tuesday 4/18) as well as getting some from Netflix, so I'll have plenty of review material.
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This is an analog camera system with 4 500TVL cameras - no HD. It's not clear in the description either but only two channels record in D1 - the rest are all lower resolution CIF. The "1080p" reference in the title probably refers to the HDMI output to the monitor. I am generally pleased with the video output of the cameras themselves, but the recorder leaves much to be desired since only two channels record in full resolution. I'd definitely skip this one.
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yes I found a chart for this model which says "offers full hd upsampling" I'm sure you realize that upscaled sd sources--i.e. 480i dvds-- can only looks so good when upscaled. in other words it won't look close to true 1080p hd quality. but it will offer noticeable improvement over native 480i. hope this helps. Arkadin
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That was a press release skillfully written by the Walt Disney Corporation markteting department and published by Widescreen Review Online. It appears here, curtesy of M. Dillon who is a subsidiary of the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) and has been instructed to, (without having the rights over such article) reproduce such article here in order to influence readers to buy their players in detriment of HD-DVD players. HD-DVD does not act in such way. HD-DVD gives you choice.
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Good info, totally makes sense. Im excited for the 3D and all that but I am also looking forward to the 240Hz in 24" and at the price as there is currently nothing like that now. Will probabaly have to use a different Blu-Ray player for movies to have that smooth look to them as I don't think the PS3 can play movies past 60Hz. Still curious how it looks. I personally like smaller HD screens and am curious how it will look.
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Yes. It is high-definition because it is 1080p. In fact, today, I was watching a nature show on Blu-ray disc, using my attached Blu-ray player. The clarity on this TV screen was excellent. Then, right after that, I watched another nature movie, this time a regular, not Blu-ray, disc, and I could really see the difference. The picture was still good, but it was a little soft, not razor sharp like the Blu-ray disc.
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Doggone. And I was just thinking about springing for a samsung 4671 (a consensus 5 stars from Amazon consumers). The main thing that bugs me about the V2500 series is the omission of Normal mode when adjusting aspect ratio. Since the set automatically interprets a 480i signal as 720p or 1080i, you're stuck watching nothing but short fat people unless you can control aspect ratio from the DVD player and set-up box. It wouldn't matter if all source material were in hi def, but unfortunately most is not. Sony made a colossal blunder, but apparently woke up by the time of the 3000 series.
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Man, 50GB TITLES? Definitely a marketing strategy. So you believe anything the press tells you? People, movies are made by directors, some films are shot to be murky and grainy, while some are smooth and crisp. HD was made to make pictures more detailed when you have a 60" screen, NTSC just cannot adapt to this screen size w/out noise. Which is why you can ONLY see the differnce betweeen 1080i(1780x1080) and 1080p(1920x1080)in a 60" or LARGER hdtv. I do not believe that movies will be coming out in 50GB, 10-15 gb probably. I am talking about just the film itself, not special features and what-not. You know the disc the HD discs(BR/HDDVD) they have today ONLY USE 18-20% disc space? Sad to say, our purchases are dictated by corporations. They will not invest in a perfect HD film unless viable, it is all about the almighty dollar!! My friend is a film editor, you watch the stuff he makes from Warner. Blu-ray may have a future aside from JUST movies. However, for film, I am not so sure... Look for my posts under one of the reviews of the toshiba HD-A20 with 13 comments. I tried to explain HD. I got tired of all the hype between HDDVD AND BLU-RAY. Now you know what the corporations should do, make machines that play both formats for a reasonable OR CHEAP price(unlike the LG hybrid), stop making dvd players, make all machines 100% backwards compatible w/ dvd, tell consumers that 1080p is not needed for HDTVS 30-55 inches size, make cheap hybrid 360 and PS3 games to play in both machines, sell HDDVD AND BLU-RAY discs for a $15 price etc. You know why this will not happen? because they want $$$, they don't care about the consumers. You know HDDVD and BLU-RAY technology has been around when DVD was a mere 3-5 year old technology? They didn't bring them out until they got all the money invested in dvd back to the investors... That's the name of the game. Unfortunately, we are controlled by the corporations...
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I depends on what you mean by HDif you want to know if it shoots HD videos, it does, not FULL HD though... the resolution is "HD Ready", aka 720p (1280x720 pixels), whereas full HD format is 1080p (1920x1080pixels). hope it answers your question.
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Please disregard my previous "lazy answer". I checked my camera again and here what it displays in the upper right corner:In all high speed modes from 1000 to 120 fps --- around 13 min.Standard mode 640x480, 30 fps --- 2 hours and 13 min.HD mode 1920x1080, 30 fps --- 36 min.The displayed numbers did not change even if I put different size SD cards in.Only the number of still photos changes.I guess the file size the camera can handle is limited, after all.
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Looks like Amazon finally responded to my message about updating their product description. That was about a week ago and I was going to call in today since I was itching to know. I am glad it is the 1920x1080 since this spec is deal breaker. Now I just need to wait another paycheck or so before I put in my order as well. Hopefully this was the info you needed as well J. White.
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Hello, The screen resolution for this model is 1920 X 1080. There wa typo in our listing and we are correcting it now. You will receive the Full HD model. Thank you, Jesse
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You know TV's are square or rectangle? HD vs standard def? That's the difference. One is widescreen. One is a box.
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are you watching DVDs on an iPod or something? HD makes regular DVDs look like an animal crackers puppet show. Maybe you should try Googleing those "imposed standards" and learn the difference between 480i (DVD) and 1080p (Blu-ray).