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"Not the best for recording sports"
2.5 starson by r975videoPros: Good customer support from Sony, large screen, plenty of flash memory.
Cons: Viewfinder could be a little larger and with rubber cups versus hard plastic, intellifocus and image stabilizer works but not suitable for action sports, video software is very limited in what it can do. Factory battery lasts less than an hour.
Summary: I am very disappointed in this camera's ability to record action sports. Tried using both viewfinder and screen to track the action. Tried using all three image stabilzer settings, using monopod and tripod. The software is very limited in what it can do compared to off the shelf software video software. Contacted customer support and they were helpful but acknowledged software cannot do many things I was wanting to do with video clips.
Just got done reviewing 16 hours of game footage to put together a collection of video clips for the team. Converted the AVCHD video clips to high quality DVD and I was surprised at the poor quality of the DVD when played on my 1080 HDTV. Called customer support and they acknowledged that the conversion process degrades the quality of the video and the larger the screen, the grainer the picture will be. Should have a bought a Canon.
Updated on Nov 9, 2010
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Sony's website states the following: Up to 24Mbps AVCHD2 videoThe HDR-CX550V can capture video at up to 24Mbps for amazing clarity and detail, ideal for recording on to Blu-ray® media since the AVCHD2 codec is highly compatible with the Blu-ray format.******** Bottom Line is if you author a Blu-Ray at 24Mbps you will not have the degradation issues you are currently experiencing. That is the same as professionally authored Blu-Ray quality.
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What software are you using to convert an AVCHD file to burn to a DVD? I'll lay odds that you are compressing the hell out of the file to get it to fit on the smaller storage size of the DVD. You really should be using a Blu-Ray authoring application configured to it's lowest compression rate to better preserve the image quality of your recordings.
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Hi - I shoot complete seasons of football and rugby - was considering the Sony HDR-CX550V .. concerned about your experience on the poor quality of the DVD results. What editing software did you use? I use iMovie and iDVD - there are different output settings. Of course, if the quality degrades, then it really s not worth getting this camera.
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