HD vs HD XR? Which is better?
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I believe there is a feature comparison on their website. Mainly G vs N networking and I think the USB port is just on the XR. If you missed the gold box deal for under a hundred for the XR, that's a shame-it was the same price as the next model down. This is the best tech investment I have made this year-super easy setup and great picture quality, flawless operation. Worth it just for the Netflix alone.
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I believe the hdx has its specific one due to changes in port locations and the front/back camera. I love mine.
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This card has more video memory, so I'd like to think that the picture quality's gonna be just a tad better than the 2Gb GDDR card. Mine's been running cool & stable for the last year, so I can vouch for it's reliability as well...
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I have no experience with HD. I would ask your question on an HD forum. There, I bet you would get an answer. Good luck!
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I have both and I think the difference in picture quality is significant, especially for indoor shooting where you often have low light situations. After shooting HD videos, I was surprised how much grainier my older videos from Flip looked in comparison. The compression format is also different from the older Flip which helps compress the video despite the HD quality. The HD videos look so much better on my 17" LCD laptop than the older Flip videos. I also have Creative Vado HD, which I like due to the larger capacity and larger screen size for the same price range.
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I use the gh4 for 4k recordings so it's fast enough for hd ass well.The card is very fast and can hold 2:30 hours of hd in the gh4.
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I think ION has the better picture quality for sure. The audio has a little to be desired but if that's really important then external mic's for the camera are available too.
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HD is digital. Digital either works or it doesn't. It is not like analog signals where you can have varying levels of performance. If the HD picture is not breaking up then this signal booster should not give you an improved picture.
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i have the hd pvr2 and i think its worth it i got mine for 156$ instead of 200+$ the software including is easy as pie to work with!
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M+ is really better. Well not so much better but a little faster in writing the picture data onto the card, especially video. It's better for capturing video that is moving. But the XD cards now are pretty much obsolete, and only older cameras use them. That is what I bought mine for.
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You get about an hour in HD. Honestly, I hate mine. I replaced it with a compact digital camera. It is not much bigger, the video quality is better, the lens has a wider angle, and I can change the SD card if the memory gets full. I have had a Vado and a Flip, and I was very disappointed with both.
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Linn, I currently have an XDS in use (The HD-XR is a "backup"). Essentially, as far as I know the HD-XR specs and "innards" are identical to the XDS (save the extra "real" component cable connections and bigger case; see Roku website for spec sheet page). Speaking of slow internet connections, you've got to have at least 2Mbps speed to get "two dots" viewable resolution (out of four dots; I have >4Mbps to reach "four dots" max resolution consistently). So in a way, it does "buffer", with a "progress bar" on screen...on those unusually rare "slow days" on i.e. Netflix (I am basing it on the identical specs of XDS & XD-HR). James Linn, I currently have an XDS in use (The HD-XR is a "backup"). Essentially, as far as I know the HD-XR specs and "innards" are identical to the XDS (save the extra "real" component cable connections and bigger case; see Roku website for spec sheet page). Speaking of slow internet connections, you've got to have at least 2Mbps speed to get "two dots" viewable resolution (out of four dots; I have >4Mbps to reach "four dots" max resolution consistently). So in a way, it does "buffer", with a "progress bar" on screen...on... » Read More Linn, I currently have an XDS in use (The HD-XR is a "backup"). Essentially, as far as I know the HD-XR specs and "innards" are identical to the XDS (save the extra "real" component cable connections and bigger case; see Roku website for spec sheet page). Speaking of slow internet connections, you've got to have at least 2Mbps speed to get "two dots" viewable resolution (out of four dots; I have >4Mbps to reach "four dots" max resolution consistently). So in a way, it does "buffer", with a "progress bar" on screen...on those unusually rare "slow days" on i.e. Netflix (I am basing it on the identical specs of XDS & XD-HR). James « Show Less
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Thanks Michael and BryanYou guy's feedback has been extremely helpful. I will probably never use IR for my work even though that is a cool feature to have, but the added XLR option, the handle and the blu-ray encoding makes the XA10 really tempting. But since both the cameras will perform equally in low light and I usually use a separate mic (Zoom H1) to capture audio don't know if my boss will think $500 extra justifies the extra features. We will see :).
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That alone doesn't mean anything - it's all about codecs, efficiency and maturity. AVCHD uses *much* more efficient - thus also more hardware-intensive - compression than HDV but it's quite 'young' so it will take some time until it leaves HDV behind, let alone the need for higher-performing embedded chips for the cams (to cram more info into the same bandwidth.)
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I purchased the Sony HDR-CX240L for less than $200 with case, extra battery, sd card and stand from Amazon. We use it for our kids sports and the HD is great. I think it was a great deal.
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The X5 is better sounding. Also better menu structure. Its a terrific device.
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A better comparison is the Sony HDR CX550 which has the same SDHC as the Canon. The Sony, at over 300 dollars cheaper and comparable performance seems to be the better buy.