HD Nerd TV

I, Cringely: I Want My NerdTV. "So now we're settled on DVCPRO HD, but we still want to record at 24 frames per second, as we did for Season 1. Recording in Panasonic's 24p Advanced mode was the one technical risk from Season 1 that really paid off. By recording at 24 frames per second we eliminate 20 percent of the bandwidth that would have been required for 30 frames per second BEFORE going on to compression. The result isn't necessarily greater bandwidth savings, but better bandwidth UTILIZATION, allowing our 208 kbps video to look, frankly, pretty darned good--easily the equivalent of someone else's 300-400 kbps video. Another part of this better look is compressing for playback at the full 24 frames per second, thus avoiding that herky-jerky look of many Internet videos. If we want HD in 24p Advanced, there are really only two choices, both from Panasonic--the AG-HVX200 or the VariCam. We chose the AG-HVX200 for the simple reason that the VariCam costs almost 10 times more." I don't really understand this rising popularity of HDV camcorders in the market place, but yeah, AG-HVX200 is my choice of camera to shoot anything HD at affordable price..