Another look at the EX

[Piotr Wozniacki]

Chris, I always am basing my knowledge on the manuafacturer's information, and for this very reason I have been surprized by the referred statement enough to post this question here. Please remember that its author has been one of the few people who actually have the pre-production unit for a couple of days to play with.

Of course, I read it the 1440x1080@35Mbps VBR Nigel mentions exists *in addition* to the SP mode of 1440x1080@25Mbps CBR, of which we have been aware of since the first official announcements. But we're still unclear whether or not - within this SP mode - the 25/30PsF is contained, as a part of HDV specs used with the V1, for one. Sony officially states that SP is 1080/50(60)i; this neither confirms nor denies the PsF modes existence! Similarly, Nigel as well may be right that one can set in the menu the HQ "compatibility mode" of 1440x180@35Mbps, as Sony nowehere said it's not there!