Hi John,
Sony did develop DV but only after they signed up all the other camcorder
manufacturers, so although it was a totally new, (backward - incompatible)
format the future looked OK as all or most manufacturers were going with
it.
If Sony had only introduced Digi8 back then they would not have got the
S-VHS & S-VHS-C camcorder companies to go with the new format, because for
them there was no backward compatibility, whereas there would have been for
Sony - a big marketing advantage.
So, in a way Sony have sucked us the consumer and the other manufacturers
in, in a big way with DV.
They sell us DV as the (expensive) future and then five years later release
another form of DV, this time cheaper AND backward compatible - which is
the way it should have been in the first place......
If I had known Digital8 was coming I would have not bought DV.
FWIW, Sony have also deliberately kept the optics/mechanics at a lower
quality to limit the video quality to less than that from DV.
The digi8 format is exactly the same digital format as DV and is capable of
the same quality, but not with current models.
I guess you could call it brilliant marketing.
I reckon it stinks.....
GB
>
> Ever considered that mini DV was completely incompatible with the popular
> Hi8 format (or even S-VHS-C)? People with large 8mm/Hi8 libraries were
> deterred from buying into mini DV because of the lack of backward
> compatibility. Sony recognised this and have duly delivered. And very
> popular Digital-8 is too ;-)
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