What Is Mini DV

Discussion in 'Digital camcorders' started by jamesino, Jul 27, 2003.

  1. jamesino

    jamesino Guest

    Deos anyone know what Mini DV is? Please Someone help. Jamesino.
     
  2. Discmania

    Discmania Active member

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    Mini DV is just another name for DV (Digital video). It mainly refers to the DV cassettes which are sold as mini DV cassettes for DV cameras.
     
  3. Oriphus

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    It is currently the smallest Digital video Tape and data trasnfer rate of 35MBps/sec
     
  4. Fibre

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    The resolution is also greater than say VHS. MiniDv is 525 lines compared to VHS which is 240. Resulting in a better picture.
     

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