[MacDV]HDV 16:9 vs 4:3

[Kunga]

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
On Feb 13, 2005, at 11:02 AM, Granville Kennedy wrote:

> Just finished reading the C-Net/NY Times review of the Sony HDR-FX1.
> Sounds great until the following point was made -
>
>>  My shooting partners were also puzzled by one aspect of this whole
>> amateurs-creating-HDTV revolution: Once you've recorded a high-def
>> movie with the FX1 and then edited it with iMovie, how can you show
>> your masterpiece in high definition? Unless you get the thing
>> distributed commercially, you have only one option: export it back to
>> the camera and then attach the camera to your HDTV set. (You can burn
>> it to a DVD, but it won't be high definition anymore.)
>
> I'm guessing the Job's announcement that this would be the year of HD,
> coupled with the appearance of the Sony bigwig on stage with him, means
> that the HDV codecs may indeed be opened up, and that Apple may pull
> out an upgrade that allows the rest of us to generate HD DVD's.  (Or
> can DVDSP already do that?)  That would be big news indeed, but I'll
> have to wait a long time before I even upgrade to a HDTV...  I'll
> probably need a new Mini-DV camera first ;-)  We'll have to wait for
> something to happen, regardless of the speculation.  Whenever that
> happens, I expect I'll hear about it here first.
>
> Nice to see the list back on topic and provoking thoughts again!
>
> Later,
> 		Joey Kennedy.