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Neo-HD vs. Neo-HDV for HD broadcast
With the goal of creating the best quality 1920×1080 footage for eventual HD broadcast, from HDV source footage, is Neo-HD necessarily the better than Neo-HDV?
Or, can I obtain the same end results by capturing the HDV footage with Neo-HDV? Editing the now uncompressed 1440×1080 episodes in Vegas7. Then, rendering the final output project via the Cineform 1920 HD v2.5 codec (built into Vegas7).
Will the final HD product be the same as if I had edited the project with the Neo-HD 1920×1080 uncompressed files?
Both courses bring me to an output of 1920×1080, but does one course inherently create superior results? Is it advisable to spend the extra for the Neo-HD, over the Neo-HDV?
I am trying to better understand codecs. Thanks!
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2 Replies
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First off you need to know that Vegas 7 does not support 10-bit media, only 8-bit, so the extra money you’re spending “ain’t worth 2-bits” Though capturing ‘full raster HD’ instead of 1440×1080 does add more information to your media… but not enough to justify the extra $350 unless you’re also getting the extra color information (the 10-bit color depth) That’s my ‘2-bits’
-sethp.s. Vegas 8 should have support for 10-bit uncompressed media, but that’s not for several months still.
“Oh be wise, what can I say more?”
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Well, except I need the 1920 x 1080 output size. I think that the only Vegas output option for this is the “HD 1080 60i YUV” uncompressed setting–which creates a huge file. Neo-HDV, I think, limits me to 1440pix.
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