With the book is also provided an useful DVD (DVD5, 4,31Gb full) with many comparison videos of various HDV cameras analyzed in the book, some goodies like the calibration paper or Chroma Key exemples vith HDV video. Additionally there are some demo or trial softwares for HDV editing to test the advantages of this format and verify if a certain system meets the minimum requirements.

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Conclusions
The book is for sure an useful guide to the discovery of HDV.
Douglas Spotted Eagle explains in a simple but technical way the features of this format and the equipments supporting it. In addition he put a rest to many of the commonplaces that is easy to find on the web or speaking whith people who don’t really know HDV.

Pro users, surely already know many of the informations included in the book, but the historical facts about the birth of the standard and some in-depth examination can be interesting and useful.
For other users the book is full with tons of informations.

In some parts may be there’s lack of in-depth examination, but perhaps this whould have been not so appropriate because the book gives a full look on HDV and don’t want to be an all-comprehensing essay on High Definition and video editing.
The book is completely in english. You need at least a scholastic knowledge of the language.
The price is $29.99.

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Official webpage.

Here it is possible to download the PDF file with some of the pages from the book.