Jerry,
Thanks for the input - I really did find it helpful. I feel I am in technology limbo because the two ways I used to show my edited films was A. Burn a DVD, and B. play the HD movie file on my media computer. Since the media computer craps out on these files and there are no HD burners out there yet (even if my DVD player was HD), I am reduced to either connecting the camera to the plasma or watching standard DVD. I will try your tip on the WINDVD - although I'm note sure the media player's graphics card will be up to it.
An interesting comment - on your last point - converting HDV files to standard definition has been the ONLY point I WAS successful with ULEAD. If you use Movie Factory 5 to burn a DVD, you just drop the HD file in and it comes out on the DVD with very good standard DV quality.
I believe things will change for the better in the next year when HD burners and disks will be available and when the media computer deinterlacing and graphic cards will catch up.
HD quality - is this real? anybody?
You don't need an HD burner.... Just an HD player (the tosiba hd-dvd player)Zivi wrote:Jerry,
Thanks for the input - I really did find it helpful. I feel I am in technology limbo because the two ways I used to show my edited films was A. Burn a DVD, and B. play the HD movie file on my media computer. Since the media computer craps out on these files and there are no HD burners out there yet (even if my DVD player was HD), I am reduced to either connecting the camera to the plasma or watching standard DVD. I will try your tip on the WINDVD - although I'm note sure the media player's graphics card will be up to it.
An interesting comment - on your last point - converting HDV files to standard definition has been the ONLY point I WAS successful with ULEAD. If you use Movie Factory 5 to burn a DVD, you just drop the HD file in and it comes out on the DVD with very good standard DV quality.
I believe things will change for the better in the next year when HD burners and disks will be available and when the media computer deinterlacing and graphic cards will catch up.
You can burn REAL hd to a standard disk with a standard burner and play it back as HD in the toshiba player. A standard DL disk will hold 40 minutes of hd at full quality and about an hour at 3/4 quality (which is hardly noticable from full quality. The video comes out as nothing short of stunning.