Panasonic drops a couple of 3CCD DVD cameras
By Paul Miller 
posted January 7th 2006 8:30PM
posted January 7th 2006 8:30PM
DVD isn't our favorite format for consumer video, but 3CCDs are better than one, so if you're looking into the DVD cams, you
might want to give Panasonic's VDR-D250 or VDR-D300 a look. They drop for $900 and $1000 respectively, with 10x zooms
and 2.7-inch LCDs, and the main difference between the two being the Leica lens and 3.1 megapixel pictures on the
VDR-D300, with the VDR-D250 going 2.3 sans Leica.
I still don't see why anyone would want to pay for much for an inferior picture quality. DVD's mpeg2 is no where near the quality of 4:1:1 DV, and mpeg2's interframe compression makes editing a pain.
I guess that's the price of convenience.
Did they pick them up after they dropped them?