DV / Firewire recorder?

[Todd Terry]

I’m sorry Paloma I really can’t say for sure.

BUT… in theory it should be exactly the same as recording to tape. You are recording the same set of ones and zeros whether you record to the XL1’s internal tape, or an external recorder via the DV output.

In theory with a newer camera like the XLH1, you can snag the signal before it is compressed to HDV by using the HD-SDI output, which would be better than you get off the tape.

But… the XL1 is just a standard definition camera and if memory serves it does not have an SDI output, so that’s not an option (I could be wrong… I don’t remember the XL1 having an SDI port. We do actually still have one, but it has been packed away in storage for just years now).

So… I think it’s going to be the same quality either way for you.

T2

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Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
fantasticplastic.com

[Paloma Etienne]

Thank you for the info, Todd!