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Much more about 720p24 HDV, Part 3

In this newsletter, we will take a closer look at HDV color sampling. The Tables below show the total number of bits recorded per second for both HDV 720p24 and DVCPRO HD 720p24. We can see that frames of HDV and DVCPRO HD have the same number of bits: 265,420,800. Why would one format (4:2:2) discard luminance resolution while another format (4:2:0) would discard chrominance resolution? The answer, well known to television engineers, is that visually our eyes do not perceive a loss in chrominance resolution nearly as well as a loss in luminance resolution. If you have ...

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