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Canon HV20 High Definition Camcorder
Canon HV20 High Definition Camcorder
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HQ Grade: F
A is outstanding and exceptional, rated in the top 10% of camcorders.
B means they are good, with some standout features.
C means they are mediocre, and probably more trouble than they are worth.
D & F mean they are absolutely awful or old. Avoid at all costs.
  • 5 out of 5
"Nothing is out there better than this video camera"
  • 4 out of 5
"Canon HV20 great for travel"
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Paul (DRozario) 0 pts
April 22, 2008 3:00 AM
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How to UNLOCK the DVstd

My setup 1 is DV and so is my setup2, however it says that my DV STD is LOCKED, how do I unlock it? The moment I cinnect the firewire to the computer, the PLAYBACK STD shows --- ie: no access. I am using XP and Movie Maker. Please help
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by James DeRuvo (byjamesderuvo) 58448 pts
April 25, 2008 4:54 PM
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Well, your problem is probably that Movie Maker doesn't support HD on the XP platform. This may change with SP3, which is coming out now. But you'll probably need to use another editor like Adobe Premiere Elements to handle the load.
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Paul (DRozario) 0 pts
May 8, 2008 1:21 AM
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Well thanks for getting me to think of movie maker and HD. Yesit does support it but onehas to change the setting to HD/PAL in my case and this did the trick
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by James DeRuvo (byjamesderuvo) 58448 pts
May 8, 2008 1:41 PM
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You'll then have to reencode it back to NTSC though.
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