15 Facts About HDV

HDV is a format for recording of high-definition video on DV cassette tape.

HDV-SD is a mode for recording progressive-scan standard definition video.

Sony adapted HDV, originally conceived as progressive-scan format by JVC, to interlaced video.

Original 1080-line HDV specification defined interlaced recording only, which is suitable for television broadcast.

Generally, HDV devices are capable of playing and recording in DV format, though this is not required by HDV specification.

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Many HDV devices manufactured by Sony are capable of playing and recording in DVCAM format.

HDV is closely related to XDCAM and to TOD families of recording formats, which use the same video encoding — MPEG-2.

HDV is accepted for broadcast TV use with varying restrictions.

Producers wishing to use HDV are required to submit an approved postproduction path outlining their handling of the footage in the editing process.

For example, Sony HDV camcorders were used for production of highly acclaimed Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations program, among other cameras.

HDV video is recorded in digital form, original content can be copied onto another tape or captured to a computer for editing without quality degradation.

Consumer use, HDV-sourced video can be delivered on a Blu-ray Disc without re-encoding, can be converted to AVCHD and delivered on an AVCHD disc, or can be downconverted to DVD-Video.

The closest Sharp has ever got in supporting HDV standard is the AQUOS DV-ACV52 digital video player.

The latest HDV camcorder made by Canon — the HV40 — was released in 2009, but it traces back to the HV20 developed in 2007, and was phased out of production during 2011, though stocks have lasted through 2012.

The latest Sony consumer HDV model is the HDR-HC9, originally released in 2008 and discontinued on the North American market in 2011.