P3D Re: Digital-8

[Oliver Dean <3d-image@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ron Labbe wrote:
> Ray Hannisian writes:
> 
> >Does anyone know if Digital-8 is 4:1:1 or 4:2:2 compression?
> 
> I don't know, but I heard that it is purely progressive scan, not compatible
> with interlaced stereo.
> 
Hi, Ron!  I just want to spike this rumor before it proliferates on the
internet.  I own a Digital-8 camera, the Sony DCR-TRV103, and it works
just fine with interlaced stereo.  It does NOT output progressive scan
video images.  In order for ANY camcorder to produce a video image
viewable on an American TV set, it MUST output the NTSC standard, which
is an interlaced image, regardless of whether it is monitored live; or
recorded in VHS, S-VHS, Beta, 8mm, Hi-8, or Digital format; or
demodulated from an RF signal from a TV channel. The end result, the
output to the TV, is always the same -- an NTSC standard signal (or PAL
standard in Europe).

Cordially,
Oliver Dean


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