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Difference between VGA and HD video on a Digital Camera..?

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BIG DAVE

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Jan 14, 2011, 8:20:20 AM1/14/11
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Thinking of getting a digital camera. Most, if not all have the capability of shooting video clips also. Some only shoot in VGA. and some shoot in HD.

What will be the major difference in viewing these two different resolutions? Is the difference like night and day? Profound? Or just "marginally" better?

For instance, most of the cameras will let you upload to YouTube. Is the HD clips that much clearer> Or is it a "size" thing?

All of them shoot in 30 fps (frames/sec).

So it is worth the extra $20-$40) extra for the HD video capability of is VGA good enough?

Thanks in advance

Dave

Meat Plow

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Jan 14, 2011, 2:02:44 PM1/14/11
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HD's lowest resolution is 1280x720. VGA's highest is 640x480. More
pixels on the screen means higher resolution.

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PeeCee

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Jan 14, 2011, 5:45:59 PM1/14/11
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Dave

VGA = 640 x 480 pixels
SD - 720 x 576 (PAL) 720 x 480 (NTSC)
HD = 1366 x 720 'or' 1920 x 1080 pixels

The difference between VGA and HD is noticable.
However there are several caveates like the orignal source quality, and
the display you are viewing it on.

eg watching a grainy WW2 film on a 1920 x 1080 50" TV is alway's going
to look crap. However the same film on a 10" iPad screen would be passabe.
On the other hand a 1920 x 1080 movie on the same iPad is not going to
look noticeably better than a 640 x 480.

I would pop along to your shop and get them to show you the difference
between VGA(SD) and HD TV programs on a size TV that is close to your
own viewing screen.
Then if possible plug the Camera you are looking at into the same TV and
compare the video.

Best
Paul.


julia...@gmail.com

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May 14, 2014, 6:12:54 AM5/14/14
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In respect to the above question - What's the difference in megabyte usage, say, on a 4 minute video on HD compared to the same on VGA, please ?

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May 14, 2014, 10:28:10 AM5/14/14
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Thats a function of file type and compression ratios. So a MP4 360p file
would be more GPU heavy than a FLV 240p file for instance.
G00gle "video file compression rates" for klews.

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May 14, 2014, 10:45:40 AM5/14/14
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