Worth going to HD?

Hi:
I have a newbie question:
Do I gain anything by going to an HDV camera, if I only plan to output to standard DVD?
Is the extra resolution an advantage, in terms of having 'more information' to work with, even if the final output will be standard NTSC DVD video?
As it stands, I'm torn between buying the :
Sony FX1
A1U (price is attractive but bottom-loading a bummer)
vx2100
or panasonic AG-DVX100
and don't know if I'm better-off with a 'great' DV cam if I'm going to stick with DV or buying 'insurance' with an HD-capable cam.
Oh, and of course it has to work with FCE (which is my tie-in).
Thanks!
MacBook Pro 15" 2.0Ghz 1GB RAM   Mac OS X (10.4.1)   FCE HD 3.5

Hi(Bonjour)!
I currently own, use and love a Sony FX1.
I work exclusively in HDV, my PowerMac G5 was bought for this format heavy requirements on computing power.
When I output to iDVD, I get a very detailled images on iDVD conversion toward SD NTSC definition (with 16-9 letterboxed result).
HDV is 1940X1080 pixels large (DV is 720X 480 ) so you get many details and color accuracy (FX1 use 3 CCD chip, like VX2100).
HDV has limitations when it's time to shoot live rapid action like motor vehicule or sport, you get compression artifacts, but barely noticeable.
The editing can cause some degradation because your computer have to "construct" all frames (HDV is a heavy compressed MPEG-2 format based on Group of Images at each .5 second) when capturing and outputing. But I do not see this degradation on standard definition TV Set, nor on my Apple HD cinema display.
HDV needs a pretty large and rapid hard disk for capture and playback. HDV can represent around 12 meg for one second, so investing in an external HD could make sense.
And in some years HDV will be part of our lives, with HDV TS sets everywhere.
If you want, the FX1 can down-convert HDV to SD NTSC on the fly uppon capture, a nice way to edit today in standard definition, a content for tomorrow output quality in high definition.
Try to find a renting facilitie around you and test some models.
If you can, go HDV, I think you'll never regret.
Michel Boissonneault

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