Technical Detailsįormat specifications and current equipment capabilitiesĬonsortium of 60 manufacturers including Sony, Panasonic, JVC, Canon, Sharp.
The new stuff is listed at the top of the FAQ, so it’s a good place to start. Most people start with the FAQ, and cruise around from there. I lay awake for three nights, thinking “the world has changed: Digital For The Rest Of Us…” before buying a VX1000, and selling my pro/industrial EVW-300 3-chip, interchangeable-lens Hi8 camcorder to pay for it… I was impressed by the live pix, but blown away by the off-tape playback, which looked as good as live. I first experienced DV in October of 1995, when I saw a Sony DCR-VX1000 hooked up to a 32″ Sony XBR monitor at Fry’s Electronics in Sunnyvale.
