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juletools

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5. August 2004 @ 03:43

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Hi All

I've just bought a Sony HC-18 miniDV. While the camera is very easy to use, I'm getting truly awful picture quality!! In all the reviews I read they raved about the how good the picture quality is. Either my definition of good is very different to everyone else or I'm doing something wrong. Most probably the latter;)

When I plug the camera into a TV (using the s-video cables) and playback, the picture is grainy. The TV is incidentally a Sony also. It has DVD, cable and VCR attached by scart. I'm connecting my camera directly into the S-video on the front of the telly. Do I need to go via the VCR or something?

As for getting the recorded content off the minDV tape and onto my PC, I've used the bundled software and the USB cable provided. The quality of this is even worse! I had a quick search through this forum and I'm guesing that quality here is poor as result of USB connection and that I should try with firewire. Does this sound feasible??

As I say I think I my connection type may be problem with camcorder to PC (but any thoughts welcome).

Would appreciate any ideas re TV issue.

Many thanks
Jules

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