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Bryan X · 06-13-2007, 03:33 PM

Doing a little reading it looks like MiniDV uses DV25 compression which has a constant data rate of 25Mbps. MPEG2 has a much lower data rate, doesn't it? Is that the reason for the better quality on MiniDV?

06-13-2007, 03:33 PM	#6 of 8
Bryan X *Bryan* Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Local Time: 03:23 PM Local Date: 09-07-2008 Posts: 2,639	Re: Mini-DV Camcorders Vs. Mini-DVD Camcorders Doing a little reading it looks like MiniDV uses DV25 compression which has a constant data rate of 25Mbps. MPEG2 has a much lower data rate, doesn't it? Is that the reason for the better quality on MiniDV? Last edited by Bryan X : 06-13-2007 at 03:40 PM.