ya, i would be buying huge new HDDs every week!!
i love my tapes!
i love my tapes!
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Mike Veitch:ya, i would be buying huge new HDDs every week!!
i love my tapes!
limeyx:My major concern with AVCHD would be quality -- HDV is already compressing 100M down to 25M, which is enough of a compromise. Also, MPEG-2 is not really the ideal CODEC for continued editing.
The Hard Drive issue is somewhat secondary. I like tapes because they are a really cheap backup medium. This way I can work on a project, then erase it from my HD to free up space but I easily have access to the original tapes.
With HD-only, backing up becomes more of an issue I think