Advice on Sanyo HD2000

[nickb23]

Hi All,

I am looking to buy an HD flash camcorder, and I think that the Sanyo HD2000 pretty much ticks all the boxes. I would love the Canon HF100, but it is just out my price bracket. I have seen the HD2000 for about £415. Anyway i know HD2000 shoots 1080p60, and I have a question about what editing software will accept a 1080p60 file without converting it to another framerate. I dont think Premiere Elements accepts it, and i think Premiere CS4 does, but i dont really want to fork out hundreds of pounds.

Also I am based in the UK, and I will be playing the footage back on my Sony 40W4000. I am going to come across any problems shooting at 1080p60 rather than 1080p50? I presume the footage will be played back at 60hz, which my TV accepts (correct?) Does the whole Pal / NTSC issue come into play here?


I have heard that the footage at the highest quality is quite processor hungry, so i am looking for the forseeable future until funds allow to shoot at to quality, and the re encoding to a slighty lower quality that can play from my HTPC or PS3. Once i have a new quad core HTPC, I will then play the full highest quality files.

Many Thanks

Nick B

[glesgaguyav]

Originally Posted by nickb23

Hi All,

I am looking to buy an HD flash camcorder, and I think that the Sanyo HD2000 pretty much ticks all the boxes. I would love the Canon HF100, but it is just out my price bracket. I have seen the HD2000 for about £415. Anyway i know HD2000 shoots 1080p60, and I have a question about what editing software will accept a 1080p60 file without converting it to another framerate. I dont think Premiere Elements accepts it, and i think Premiere CS4 does, but i dont really want to fork out hundreds of pounds.

Also I am based in the UK, and I will be playing the footage back on my Sony 40W4000. I am going to come across any problems shooting at 1080p60 rather than 1080p50? I presume the footage will be played back at 60hz, which my TV accepts (correct?) Does the whole Pal / NTSC issue come into play here?


I have heard that the footage at the highest quality is quite processor hungry, so i am looking for the forseeable future until funds allow to shoot at to quality, and the re encoding to a slighty lower quality that can play from my HTPC or PS3. Once i have a new quad core HTPC, I will then play the full highest quality files.

Many Thanks

Nick B

The cam should come with some sort of editing software, it may only allow you to edit and produce SD DVD however, my Sanyo HD2 did.

The footage taken will be in the NTSC format, this will pose no problem with playback on your Sony TV but if you author SD DVD you will need to do so in the NTSC format, again this should cause no problems

Problems may arise in the future should you wish to use footage from PAL sources (if you ever upgrade your cam in the future and it's a PAL model)

The two formats do not mix well

[c__w]

The files the Sanyo records in MP4 format and these files can be saved straight onto a DVD (as a data file) and played on the PS3 without problems. The Sanyo HD1000-2000 cameras have on-camera editing, whilst not proper editing to add titles etc, they are pretty useful for cutting and joining segments or splitting files up.

That's my short term plan with my HD1000 as putting it on a PC is just too time consuming when the camera can edit for 90% of my needs and then just put it on a DVD disc and play it in the PS3. Playback is perfect, just like off the camera and as you haven't change or re-encoded the file the quality is the same too.

[ronaldkwok]

I bought the HD2000 for my wife recently. I have posted my experience so far in my Blog, My Video Journey with Sanyo Xacti, the VPC HD2000 to be exact. Just a word about the EIS. My wife did some more shooting yesterday and it seems the videos have less shake, maybe she is getting more steady with the HD2000!