Garrett Low

What are the main advantages of going from NEO HDV to NEO HD? I shoot with a Canon XH A1 and and HV20 and exclusively use the HD mode. I do shoot some 60i but mostly shoot 24F.

Will NEO HD give me a noticeable improvement in pictrure/color quality? I shoot a lot of stage shows so there are usually a lot of variation in lighting and very colorful costumes.

Also,is the Cineform RAW only when you capture from the camera so since I don't have the ability to send out uncompressed video is this something that I couldn't take advantage of?

Thanks,
Garrett

David Taylor

Garrett,

Neo HDV supports 8-bit I/O precision and up to 1440 (HDV) horizontal resolution.

Neo HD supports 10-bit I/O precision and up to 1920 ("standard" HD) resolution. Also, if you have need for cross-platform work, Neo HD also comes with our Mac version, although this will be ending relatively soon.

Regarding quality, take a look at the example here: http://www.cineform.com/products/ProspectHDUpgrade.htm. This was originally put together as a comparison of Aspect HD to Prospect HD, so the Premiere features don't apply. But the visual quality does apply - Prospect HD and Neo HD share the same codec.

In post, if you need to push the images, 8-bit precision can introduce banding, whereas with 10-bit precision it is virtually eliminated.

CineForm RAW is only a recording format from a camera with a Bayer sensor.

Garrett Low

So if I did jump up to NEO HD, when I capture or convert to Cineform AVI would my HDV resolution be automatically converted to1920x1080? And, is it like the HDLink I use now where I can save the m2t file (HDV format) and have the conversion done to a 1920x1080 avi file? Also, are the files for NEO HD larger than for NEO HDV?

Thanks,
Garrett

David Newman

If you product 1920x1080 files, the output will be bigger, but that is a user option. NEO HD has all the features of NEO HDV, but adds 1920x1080 and 10-bit I/O and resizing.

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