A comparison between a new 2009 JVC Everio GZ-MS100 flash memory camcorder and a 1999 Sony DCR-TRV103 Digital8 tape camcorder. Watch and decide for yourself which one is better. Each one has its advantages and disadvantages -- some immediately apparent, others more subtle.
The JVC uses a 1/6" 680k pixel (340k effective pixels) CCD image sensor; the Sony uses a 1/4" 480k pixel (290k effective pixels) CCD. Both are standard definition NTSC camcorders which record at 720x480 resolution at 29.97 fps Interlaced, in either 4:3 regular or 16:9 widescreen mode. The Sony was set to 16-bit 48 kHz audio mode to match the specs of the JVC's audio.
Yes, I know I spelled "comparison" wrong at the end, but I didn't feel like waiting 20 minutes to re-encode the video just to fix one letter.
