Sony invented the MicroMV tape format. however the format failed shortly , It just lack on to many features and due to mpeg 2 compression and the of lack of video editing software support, due to didn't have DV support, you had to use Sony movieshaker software for editing, which wasn't good and lack of manual controls and high price tag at that time, made it a huge deal breaker. Plus lack a mic input or hotshoe to add any external mic to this camcorder. Format ended up failing due to the following reasons. Sony did drop the price and came out with a second generation MicroMV camcorder that was much better for $2000, a DCR-IP220, was the world's first camcorder with 2 megapixel digital still and a $1500 DCR-IP55, but stil not worth it as, you could buy a $600 or cheaper MiniDV camcorder and get more features and better image quality overall. This thing cost over $2800 in 2001. What were they thinking? It was another of Sony's fail format, it's microMV, a proprietary videotape format introduced in 2001 by Sony, that used 12 Mbit/s MPEG-2 compression, it could not be directly edited with mainstream DV editing software as Adobe Premiere or Apple Final Cut Pro and quailty was not that good. This is equivalent of a impractical concept car that for some reason has made it into the dealerships. No sane person would want to drive it, but a fool and his money are welcome to try.

• published: 29 Nov 2011
• views: 1036
• author: RetroPCDOS