I am thinking of getting an HD camcorder which I will want to make an HD DVD from to play on my home cinema system via a BluRay player. But I understand HD DVDs play at 24 fps whereas normal TV is 25 fps. I presume the camcorder would record at 25 fps. If so and I make on my computer a 25fps DVD (presumably) will it play back on a 24 fps DVD player?
HD Camcorder compatability question
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Most commercial Blu-Rays run at 24fps because this is the speed a lot of films are recorded in and play at the cinema - thus the 24fps speed gives a more cinema experience. To play these at this speed, you need a TV / projector capable of receiving and displaying this signal - many older HDTVs were made before this requirement was fully realised (including mine) and we therefore have to run the Blu-Rays at the standard 25fps (or 50Hz) speed.
So if your films are recorded at 25fps, then you won't have any issues as this is the standard for virtually all UK TVs since it's the same as the PAL standard used in UK television broadcasts and any UK commercial DVDs.
Also, make sure you're sure which standard you are using - Blu-Ray, HD-DVD and DVD are all different formats. So if you're recording your footage on DVD format, then this will play back on any DVD player which supports the type of recordable DVD format you are using (generally one of DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R or DVD+RW). This will include most recent Blu-Ray and HD-DVD players as well. However, if your computer has an HD-DVD recordable drive, you'll need an HD-DVD player which can playback the recordable format you've used, or if you have a Blu-Ray recordable drive, you'll need a Blu-Ray player capable of playing back recordable Blu-Rays.
So if your films are recorded at 25fps, then you won't have any issues as this is the standard for virtually all UK TVs since it's the same as the PAL standard used in UK television broadcasts and any UK commercial DVDs.
Also, make sure you're sure which standard you are using - Blu-Ray, HD-DVD and DVD are all different formats. So if you're recording your footage on DVD format, then this will play back on any DVD player which supports the type of recordable DVD format you are using (generally one of DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R or DVD+RW). This will include most recent Blu-Ray and HD-DVD players as well. However, if your computer has an HD-DVD recordable drive, you'll need an HD-DVD player which can playback the recordable format you've used, or if you have a Blu-Ray recordable drive, you'll need a Blu-Ray player capable of playing back recordable Blu-Rays.
Thanks for the info and confirmation it will work OK - I already make ordinary DVDs so know about all the types of DVD, but didn't realise the HD DVD format still existed and will be aware when buying a computer drive to get BluRay here as well and get a DVD player that will play recordable DVDs.....'
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