| Digital video is a new technology that can be used | | | | Marketing videos with poor picture quality are likely |
| and manipulated much easier than the old analog | | | | to reflect a poor quality company in the mind of the |
| signal. This generic term is not to be confused with | | | | viewer, so try to get the best quality video you can |
| the name DV, which is a specific type of digital video. | | | | get. When people talk about interlacing they are |
| In the past video was recorded on tape but today | | | | talking about a special technique that improves the |
| with digital video it can be recorded on tape, DVD or | | | | quality of the picture without increasing extra or |
| straight to the hard drive of a computer. This generic | | | | more bandwidth. Using a camera that is analog you |
| term is not to be confused with the name DV, which | | | | will need multiple tapes for long filming, but with digital |
| is a specific type of digital video. Digital video can be | | | | video you need plenty of disk space to store all of |
| processed and edited very easily today, special | | | | the video. In the past when recording with tapes you |
| effects are easy to add with digital editing. | | | | will lose the quality of the recording when duplicating |
| Digital video can also be edited on a personal | | | | the information but with digital recording you do not |
| computer which has the proper hardware and | | | | have that problem plus the footage will last forever. |
| software. Regardless of software, digital video is | | | | Today many of the cameras come with many |
| generally edited and needs quite bit of disk space to | | | | features that you only find in professional cameras. |
| store everything. Digital video is also used in modern | | | | You can get better picture quality when using a more |
| mobile phones and video conferencing systems. The | | | | expensive digital camera. |
| quality of the digital video is far superior to the | | | | When filming with a DVD format it will allow you to |
| analog counterpart. | | | | record right to digital disk, the other type of |
| Artistic people will claim that the quality of digital | | | | technologies are HDD and this allows you to record |
| video is cold, that you don't have the warmth of the | | | | right to a hard drive. As the tape format is slowly |
| look of film images. But one thing is for sure. Digital | | | | being phased out by major manufacturers, it is a |
| video is here to stay, which means that our films of | | | | good idea to invest in disk or hard drive based digital |
| our 25th anniversary celebration are also here to | | | | video cameras. While this format is very easy to use |
| stay. | | | | and is supported by practically all software it is not |
| These new cameras can record for several hours on | | | | efficient as there is no compression applied. |
| end. The recording is done either on a small | | | | With digital video cameras today there are features |
| videocassette, blank CD or a DVD. Visuals are | | | | that allow you to take low or medium quality footage |
| continuously recorded by these cameras and can be | | | | to save space. |
| played on the screen. | | | | |