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First of all I am computer challenged. I understand simple instructions but not technical terms…so please be kind to my mind. I have spent hours/days researching and trying to figure this out. The apple salespeople make it seem so simple, yet when I research, dealing with ACVHD doesn’t seem so simple at all.
We plan on purchasing an HD camcorder. We are leaning towards the Canon HG10 with a 40 gb Hard drive (AVCHD)
We were planning on buying a Dell laptop anyway and are now leaning towards a Macbook 2.4 with 2Ram and 160 Hard drive. This laptop will be used for general surfing, home stuff, nothing heavy.
My research has shown me that imovie08, for simple editing, is one of the most user friendly and more importantly, AVCHD compatible so far. I just want to be able to plug and play. I’ve read a few reviews saying that the Canon HG10 and the imovie08 with leopard worked flawlessly.
One of the main considerations for these 2 purchases is that we are taking a family trip to Europe for one month and I want to be able to roughly edit, as I go, so we don’t come home with 30 hours of video. Once home, I hope to edit the trip down to 2 or 3 hours max. I know the kids will love using this feature for other projects.
I know that the camcorder AVCHD files will be decompressed and need lots of space, so we were advised to simply buy an external 500 Hard drive for storing the imports and then the edited final video and photos. My hope is that in time the blue-ray technology will get ironed out, come down in price and make it easier to make hard usable copies of HD home videos. Until then we plan on using our laptop and the external hard drive (if needed) to view our home movies on our HDTV.
I have a few questions before I make my purchases:
1. My TC-32LX50 HDTV Panasonic has an HDMI connector type A. The Macbook has a mini-dvi. The Apple sales guy said all I need is a mini-dvi to dvi adapter and then a dvi to hdmi conversion cable. Is it that simple? It says in my manual: “This input terminal is not intended for use with computers”. Further infor states:“ the HDMI terminal can only be used with 720p, 1080i,480, or 480p”. It also seems that if you use a dvi conversion cable then you have to use audio cables?
2. Up to how many hours of ACHVD format video we can store on a 500 Harddrive?
3. After editing, can the files be compressed, kept on the Macbook’s 160 Harddrive, and still be viewed on the HDTV through the Macbook?
4. Once I edit my home videos can I burn a DVD anyways (knowing I will lose HD quality), as a hard copy for myself, or to give as copies, that would play in a DVD player? Is the quality of this still better than using a regular non-HD camcorder?
Thanks
We plan on purchasing an HD camcorder. We are leaning towards the Canon HG10 with a 40 gb Hard drive (AVCHD)
We were planning on buying a Dell laptop anyway and are now leaning towards a Macbook 2.4 with 2Ram and 160 Hard drive. This laptop will be used for general surfing, home stuff, nothing heavy.
My research has shown me that imovie08, for simple editing, is one of the most user friendly and more importantly, AVCHD compatible so far. I just want to be able to plug and play. I’ve read a few reviews saying that the Canon HG10 and the imovie08 with leopard worked flawlessly.
One of the main considerations for these 2 purchases is that we are taking a family trip to Europe for one month and I want to be able to roughly edit, as I go, so we don’t come home with 30 hours of video. Once home, I hope to edit the trip down to 2 or 3 hours max. I know the kids will love using this feature for other projects.
I know that the camcorder AVCHD files will be decompressed and need lots of space, so we were advised to simply buy an external 500 Hard drive for storing the imports and then the edited final video and photos. My hope is that in time the blue-ray technology will get ironed out, come down in price and make it easier to make hard usable copies of HD home videos. Until then we plan on using our laptop and the external hard drive (if needed) to view our home movies on our HDTV.
I have a few questions before I make my purchases:
1. My TC-32LX50 HDTV Panasonic has an HDMI connector type A. The Macbook has a mini-dvi. The Apple sales guy said all I need is a mini-dvi to dvi adapter and then a dvi to hdmi conversion cable. Is it that simple? It says in my manual: “This input terminal is not intended for use with computers”. Further infor states:“ the HDMI terminal can only be used with 720p, 1080i,480, or 480p”. It also seems that if you use a dvi conversion cable then you have to use audio cables?
2. Up to how many hours of ACHVD format video we can store on a 500 Harddrive?
3. After editing, can the files be compressed, kept on the Macbook’s 160 Harddrive, and still be viewed on the HDTV through the Macbook?
4. Once I edit my home videos can I burn a DVD anyways (knowing I will lose HD quality), as a hard copy for myself, or to give as copies, that would play in a DVD player? Is the quality of this still better than using a regular non-HD camcorder?
Thanks