Screening formats guide

HDV
  • The cheapest and the worst of HD tape formats. HDV is less interesting as a broadcasting medium since Blu-ray has become accessible.
  • quality
    05
  • reliability
    04
  • flexibility
    04
  • widespread in big cinemas
    01
  • widespread in small cinemas
    05
Benefits
  • High definition (like the HDCAM, 1440x1080)
  • Inexpensive to purchase, so accessible for small screening venues
Disadvantages
  • The image is highly compressed, which is noticeable in areas with solid colours, frames with many details, and/or shots with a lot of movement.
  • Fragile media, prone to drops (small freezes or squares that appear in the image)
  • Often wired to analogue rather than digital