I also doubt that going to "full" 1920x1080 resolution will result in a much better picture than other brands' solutions, as Panasonic is having to use much greater compression to store these higher resolution images. It's a trade-off and which is better is very debatable.
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sooo, these are 3CCD recording to 8cm DVDs? How long do I get on a mini-dvd like that? I am waiting for a review.
Recording time will be about 40min for the 4GB SD card, and about 14 minutes per side of the mini dvd.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/040307-panasonic-ups-the-image-quality.html
I also doubt that going to "full" 1920x1080 resolution will result in a much better picture than other brands' solutions, as Panasonic is having to use much greater compression to store these higher resolution images. It's a trade-off and which is better is very debatable.