
Both of these figures are significantly higher than Sony Z1 resolution in 1080i and CF25/30. The new Canon XL H1 resolves 800Hx800V in interlaced, and per my interpretation 800H圆50V in progressive, although there were reports that it resolves in progressive more.

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HVX offers 720/60p at 100 Mbps and 720/24p at 40 Mbps, plus it has a super fast transfer rate from the P2 system, which has a great advantage for sending news fast to the network station over satellite, etc. Now, there are many other differences between these cameras.

Considering that DVCPRO HD is 34% more compressed than DV, the advantage of 4:2:2 fully disappears, as luma is a lot more important to the eye than chroma. Higher vertical resolution DEFINITELY IS more important. Picture that is sharper vertically looks better than picture that is sharper horizontally. Vertical resolution is always more important. XL2 shoots in DV format, which is compressed 5:1. The PAL version, which is 576p, has 20% more vertical lines, so it should resolve about 540H圆50V, or about the same as HVX.

The consencus is that the NTSC XL2, which is 480p, resolves 540Hx540V. The camera shoots in DVCPRO HD format that is compressed 6.7:1.
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The consensus was that the resolution at 1080p was 600H圆00V. From that 4 frame grabs were extracted, that were shot with various sharpness setting. Kaku of Japan provided HVX-200 clips of shooting a resolution chart, that was printed professionally in a print shop, at 3000 dpi.
