[MacDV]HDV 16:9 vs 4:3

[Kunga]

Good Job Granville. I stand corrected. But I bet those SD DVDs look 
stunning as the source is so high def.

k

On Feb 13, 2005, at 2:52 PM, Granville Kennedy wrote:

> Doing this research on a dial-up connection can be tedious, but
> curiosity wouldn't let me avoid it!
>
>  From Apple's own site on iDVD5 :
>
>> So it’s only natural that iDVD would also let you import the
>> high-definition video (HDV) and 16:9 widescreen formats (both HDV and
>> SDV) you can edit in iMovie HD. iDVD, in fact, quickly and easily
>> converts them to a standard definition DVD format, letting you create
>> DVD projects of stunning quality.
>
> And from the DVDSP3 page :
>
>> Apple’s revolutionary digital media encoding and compression tool now
>> encodes HD to superb quality SD MPEG-2 in a single step.
>
> So if SD MPEG-2 means standard definition, then neither app actually
> supports HD DVD creation.  That leaves the question of Toast's
> abilities open for the moment... but it also seems to support both
> MPEG-1 and -2.  I'm not even sure there is a HD spec for use on a DVD -
> it may have to wait for the new DVD formats to be resolved.  My guess
> is the higher density DVD's combined with MPEG-4 will bring allow for
> the creation of HD DVD's.  Maybe I should get one of the El Gato cards
> or boxes before the hardware enabled DRM becomes the standard, and then
> happily bide my time for the software and standards to catch up.  Not
> that you can receive a decent HD broadcasts in the hills of Pittsburgh
> :-)
>
> Later,
> 		Joey Kennedy.
>
> On Feb 13, 2005, at 2:55 PM, Kunga wrote:
>
>> I was under the impression that iDVD 5 and DVDSP 3 can both make High
>> Definition DVDs from the appropriate HDV edited source material in
>> 780p if not 1080i. I do not think the quote you site is correct. I
>> also think Toast 6 can burn HDV creations and play them in 780p if not
>> 1080i. But I may be wrong. This view is based on assumptions not hard
>> fact.
>>
>> We are certainly in a confusing time of transition with some of the
>> parts not adding up to a sum of the parts.
>>
>> k