Hd 720p Capacity Of Dvd, How Much Hd Will Fit?

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Hi everyone,
have a quick question...
I am looking at getting either the PMW-EX1 or the HVX200, so far leaning towards the PMW-EX1..
but here is my question, I am not sure as to wether I should go HD or not, reason being because I am producing a 45min feature Action sports film and I am not sure if 45 Min of HD 720p footage will fit on a regular DVD???? can anybody help me out or clarify this for me!
Thanks so much

Matt
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No HD footage will go on a regular DVD. DVD is a standard-def format only. If you want your DVD to play in someone's DVD player you *must* render it out to standard-def MPEG-2.
 
ok, thanks for the reply!
so essentially any HD footage has to be burned to Blue-Ray?
reason I am asking is because I am wondering if Blue-Ray discs have a higher cost for duplication, Im guessing they do.
cuz Im not sure it is worth it to shoot a movie in HD if I cant even put it onto a regular DVD? i am creating a action sports film and it seems like I have seen other snowboard/ski/dirtbike/truck movies filmed on HD equipment and outputted to normal DVD's, so maybe they are downsizing the footage to SD?

Matt
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Of course they are, yes. DVD = standard-def. If you could put high-def on a DVD, there would never have been reason to create blu-ray/HD-DVD in the first place! :)

DVD = standard-def. If you shoot on high-def but want to distribute on DVD, you will have to downconvert to standard-def.

Your other option would be to author your DVD as a Windows Media 9 high-def DVD. That could play on any Windows computer, in high-def. But it wouldn't play on any normal DVD player, it could only play on a computer.
 
You can also put about 20minutes of HD footage on a DVD to be played back in HD-DVD players only, like the Toshiba A-1. I think Ulead's burning program allows this. No menus though.

Your best option, as Barry said would be just down convert to standard def. You can also put an HD Quicktime or WMV on your website (if you have one).
 
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