I was referring to M2V being a less preferred file type (example: abcd.m2v) rather than Mpeg 2 (example: abcd.mpg...The overall MBPS of AVCHD is still lower than HDV as of now tho...I wonder if this will ovetake HDV eventually...
The auto-focusing is very good but its no excuse to not have a ring...There is a very bad pattern happening right now and I hope it doesn?t continue...
The idea on SD card is good, the cards are already popular so the prices would even go down in the future...Overall, it does amazing job for recording on miniSD, but pros won't depend on HDV nor AVCHD at this moment (again, not certain about 720p on JVC...The picture quality of their consumer NTSC version, the SD1 is a whole lot better than the Sony SR1 and the PAL version of the SD1 possibly had better...
They have different default settings--natural and neutral for pros, vivid and oversharpened for consumers...Finally, the AG-HSC1U comes with a 40GB portable hard drive with an SD slot to offload video from the SD card...Finally, I'm sure consumers would love the portable hard drive as an option, and that many pros would like the option to skip it and pay less...
This camera comes with a 40GB HDD they call a SD or "Store Drive" and a 4GB SDHC Memory Card for that price...The AG-HSC1U marks the first time that AVCHD has used on a "professional camcorder...