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HDV's Achilles' heel
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December 5, 2006 3:36 PM PST

By: Lori Grunin

HDV's Achilles' heel

This frame grab illustrates two artifacts caused by the HDV format's use of MPEG-2 compression: jaggies (left inset) and color shifts (right inset). This type of shot is very difficult for an MPEG to record and compress in real time.

Photo credit: Lori Grunin

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