Mini DV

The digital video machine with Mini DV as the recording medium occupies a major position in the digital video camera market. The DV format is an internationally-accepted digital video standard. It was first developed in 1994 by more than 10 manufacturers. It records high-quality digital video signals with 1/4 inch metal evaporation. The characteristics of DV video are: the image is clear and the horizontal resolution is up to 500 lines, which can produce a stable picture with no jitter. The luminance sampling frequency of the DV video is 13.5 MHz, which is the same as that of the D1 format. To ensure the best picture quality, the DV uses a 4:2:0 (PAL) digital component recording system.

DV recording audio can reach 48KHZ, 16-bit high-fidelity stereo recording, quality equal to VCD audio effects, can also reduce the level, with 12-bit recording frequency of 32KHz, the quality is better than FM radio.

DV's compact size, light weight, easy to carry, using IEEE1394 FireWire or USB connected to personal computers.

DV truly realizes the concept of popularization of personal images. People with DV can easily create their own movies and audio-visual products. Use FireWire to connect to a computer, convert audio and video on DV to digital format, and perform non-linear editing on the computer. DV transcribes the personal computer's video file into AVI format, uncompressed AVI format is very large, usually 10 minutes AVI will occupy 2G space. However, the image and sound effects are excellent. You can record DVD formats or transcribe DV tapes and VHS formats for home video recorders.