[Noisebridge-discuss] Cheap HD camera

[Chris Murphy]

Typically, in consumer electronics (e.g. a DVD player or game console) PAL is a misnomer for 576i and NTSC is a misnomer for 480i. These are resolutions. Formally, I believe these acronyms refer to a lot more than resolutions. 

When a dashboard cam says it records 1080p but outputs PAL/NTSC I scratch my head. Sure it may output 576i over HDMI... but that seems like a weird thing to do. Especially given the change in aspect ratio. But they are making something dirt cheap, they might have to cut every possible corner.

 I wrote the seller and maybe they will clear this up for me. 


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On Dec 11, 2013, at 15:18, spinach williams <spinach.williams at gmail.com> wrote:

> pal/ntsc will still refer to framerates in hd (PAL at 25 or 50 fps, NTSC at 30 or 60 fps)
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> On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Chris Murphy <chrisnoisebridge at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi I'm looking for a really cheap HD 1080 camera (1920x1080 res) that can output video into a standard format like LVDS or HDMI. This will go into one of the enlarge o scopes at Noisebridge. 
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>> The one below is $28, has HDMI out. But I'm skeptical that it outputs 1080p because I think it says PAL/NTSC out. 
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>> View item:
>> 2.7" 1080P Car DVR HD Video Camera Recorder G-sensor HDMI Motion K6000L
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>> End time: Jan 5, 2014, 1:26:32 PST
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