MiniDV vs Digital-8

[David Crump]

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And to those who didn't think much of the Sony Digital-8 solution, were 
your comments based on your experiences with these cameras? This is the 
first I've heard anyone say that Digital-8 was not as good as mini-DV. 
Obviously, Digital-8 is Sony proprietary and they might want to stick 
with mini-DV for that reason. But there is certainly no difference 
between the resolution that is related to the kind of tape you use. The 
DV standard can be written to a Hi-8 tape or to a mini-DV, but it is 
the same standard. If there's a difference in the quality, it would be 
based on the quality of the lens and camera, not the tape on which you 
write. 
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I did some looking around, and this is from Sony's website describing their Digital-8 Cameras:
"Digital8 Format 500 lines of horizontal resolution"
They don't list resolution of their MiniDV cameras, but I thought MiniDV resolution was greater than that (although probably not a large enough difference for the average eye to see on a regular sized television).  I'm sure resolution must be standard with all MiniDV and someone here probably knows what it is off the top of their head (not me).  Wouldn't that just be the vertical pixel count? (i.e. If I set my monitor to 800x600 I will have 600 lines of horizontal resolution?)