Hf 100 and sd dvds

[maxipax]

Hi,
Please can someone clear up my confusion?? If I buy said camera and shoot HD footage can i then make sd dvd on my computer to give to friends and family who have only got sd dvd players and not blu ray etc. If so can i still get about 1.5 to 2 hrs of home movie on a normal 4.7gb dvdr. I have a blu ray player so fancy having the hd camera.
Many thanks
max

[senu]

Originally Posted by maxipax

Hi,
Please can someone clear up my confusion?? If I buy said camera and shoot HD footage can i then make sd dvd on my computer to give to friends and family who have only got sd dvd players and not blu ray etc

Yes. often achievable in software. The other way to do it is hook up the camcorder to a settop DVd recorder but though faster, the quality from composite video will be less satisfactory
This is one are tape hi def (HDV) is a bit better as the camcorder can downconvert Hi def footage on the tape " on the fly"

If so can i still get about 1.5 to 2 hrs of home movie on a normal 4.7gb dvdr.

Yep although quality begins to drop the more you try to cram in
Have you noticed that even with feature fils they never put 2 hrs in a single layer disc to preserve quality?

I have a blu ray player so fancy having the hd camera.

Reasonable.. does your Blu ray player play AVCHD discs though or were you planning on a BD burner?