Any advantage to Blue-Ray?

[bigorangemd 0]

So I noticed the Vegas can burn to Blue-Ray discs. I was wondering if the image would be better on it than standard DVD. Since a tandem video is so short it would fit on a DVD no sweat in 1080 but didn't know if Blue-Ray offered any more advantage.

[DSE 5]

Blu-ray content on a DVD 5 is the same image quality as BD on a BD disc.
The primary advantage to a BD disc is that the disc will be compatible with older systems (usually) and the menus offer a few more options. That's it.

[bigorangemd 0]

So what is the best thing to do for customers?
A) Burn it as SD
B) Keep it as HD on DVD 5
C) Burn it as HD on Blue-Ray
D) As the customer if they have a Blue-Ray player and go for C/D depending. Tried to figure a lot of this out watching the video editing section you did on Norman Kent's Video but I guess it was made just before the new technology was as common place. Lots of things in it to think about though. Thanks.

[DSE 5]

What's the best thing to do for customers?
Burn it as what they want. SD DVD is the most common delivery platform.

Unless a customer requests BD, I shoot, edit, deliver SD. If it's for personal use or for something else, I use HD for everything.

We charge a high premium for shooting, editing, delivering HD. It's a demand market. Until the demand is there to incur a lowering of price, we charge quite a bit to deliver BD.

[bigorangemd 0]

So you charge extra for BD. Interesting. Thanks for the advice.

[Superfletch 1]

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Unless a customer requests BD, I shoot, edit, deliver SD. If it's for personal use or for something else, I use HD for everything.

So what setting are you recording tandem videos on with your CX100?

Gary "Superfletch" Fletcher
D-26145; USPA Coach, IAD/I, AFF/I
Videographer/Photographer

[DSE 5]

SD highest bitrate is for Tandems, unless they've requested HD output. I'm not using a CX100, FWIW. I have cages built for my CX12 and CX7's, so still using those for most things. I have a matched mount for CX100's, but no cage, so unless I'm playing with 3D, it's all CX12. Someday, I'll get a cage for my CX110's.

[Superfletch 1]

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SD highest bitrate is for Tandems, unless they've requested HD output. I'm not using a CX100, FWIW. I have cages built for my CX12 and CX7's, so still using those for most things. I have a matched mount for CX100's, but no cage, so unless I'm playing with 3D, it's all CX12. Someday, I'll get a cage for my CX110's.

Ah to have your problems... Hahahahahah I thought I was doing good to have a couple of PC105's and a CX100... Hahahahhaha

Thanks for the input. I've been shooting in HD (standard, 5H I believe) mode. I think the video is incredible. Perhaps I'll check into SD mode and see what the differences are...

Gary "Superfletch" Fletcher
D-26145; USPA Coach, IAD/I, AFF/I
Videographer/Photographer

[flr169 0]

Doug send me a cx110 / cx150 and I'll build you cages.

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