I'm going to be doing work for a new HD network and they only want 1080i. I don't have the $$$ to buy a 1080i camera right now, so I've got to sell my HD100. I love the bloody camera! Has anyone run into a situation where a client/TV network won't accept 720p?

I'm going to be doing work for a new HD network and they only want 1080i. I don't have the $$$ to buy a 1080i camera right now, so I've got to sell my HD100. I love the bloody camera! Has anyone run into a situation where a client/TV network won't accept 720p?

I wouldn't take it personally. Anyone with any sense of aesthetics knows the HD100/200 has the best picture for the 5K-10K price range.

I don’t suppose you could explain to them all the shortcuts that 1080i cameras are making with pixel shifting and long GOP compression?

I could understand them not liking the 30p max frame rate but there is no good reason that a company wouldn’t want the HD200 series. You can upscale to 1080i quite easily so what’s the big deal?

I wouldn't take it personally. Anyone with any sense of aesthetics knows the HD100/200 has the best picture for the 5K-10K price range.

I don’t suppose you could explain to them all the shortcuts that 1080i cameras are making with pixel shifting and long GOP compression?

I could understand them not liking the 30p max frame rate but there is no good reason that a company wouldn’t want the HD200 series. You can upscale to 1080i quite easily so what’s the big deal?
The TV station is fairly small (RFD-TV) and will only accept 1080i as that's all they can use for playback (they say). I can upscale to 1080i in Final Cut but have no actual way to record it to tape. They only want 1080i hdv. So I can't even use my glorious Panasonic HVX200!

Bill,

Are they requiring that footage be acquired in 1080i or only delivered that way? I don't know what you edit on, but if you are in the Mac world, you can use compressor or media manager to render the footage out to 1080i; if you have a Kona card or similar, you can do it even faster.

720p cross-converts very nicely to 1080i; I do it all the time. 1080i, however, doesn't go very well the other way (interlaced to progressive).

Gary

Bill,

Are they requiring that footage be acquired in 1080i or only delivered that way? I don't know what you edit on, but if you are in the Mac world, you can use compressor or media manager to render the footage out to 1080i; if you have a Kona card or similar, you can do it even faster.

720p cross-converts very nicely to 1080i; I do it all the time. 1080i, however, doesn't go very well the other way (interlaced to progressive).

Gary
I only have to deliver it in 1080i. But I have no way to record HDV 1080i (I have no deck or 1080i camera). Will 720p converted to 1080i look as good as "native" 1080i? I do have Compressor -- is it a slow process to convert 720p to 1080i with it?

I only have to deliver it in 1080i. But I have no way to record HDV 1080i (I have no deck or 1080i camera). Will 720p converted to 1080i look as good as "native" 1080i? I do have Compressor -- is it a slow process to convert 720p to 1080i with it?
Why not buy a cheap 1080i camera and use it for a deck?

Why not buy a cheap 1080i camera and use it for a deck?
Now that has potential.

A little HC5 or HC7 could be the way to go. You'll even end up with a handy 'little' handycam too.