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POV.HD User Manual
Tips and Guidelines
Comparison of POV.HD Video Formats
Format
Resolution
(Pixel Size of Frame)
1080p30
1920 wide X 1080 high
1080p25
1920 wide X 1080 high
1080p24
1920 wide X 1080 high
720p60
1280 wide X 720 high
Table Notes
1
1080p is higher resolution and, under identical conditions will generally produce a slightly
sharper picture, but conditions are seldom identical and almost never ideal. Depending on the
type of television receiver or computer screen on which the video is played back, room lighting,
viewing distance from the screen, and other factors, the difference in picture quality between
1080p and 720p may or may not be significant or even detectable. It's best to try it and see.
2
On the POV.HD, 720p60 is recorded at 60 fps which allows it to be played back in smooth slow
motion, which for action filming will often make it the format of choice. Because, on the POV.HD,
720p60 records twice as many frames as 1080p, the file sizes resulting from these two formats are
roughly the same.
Understanding the POV.HD Recording Methods
The POV.HD supports three video recording methods: Clip, Loop, and Loop & Forward.
• Clip works like a regular video recorder. After you start recording, the POV.HD records
continuously until you stop recording, and what you've recorded is stored in a file, called a
"clip" on the SD card.
• Loop allows you to select what action to record and save, without the need to be constantly
starting and stopping the recorder. To use the Loop method you must set Recording
Method to Loop and the Loop Record Time to an interval that is appropriate for your
situation. (More on that in a moment.) These are set using settings.
• Loop & Forward works like Loop, except that once you've captured the first Loop clip by
pressing Tag or REC/TAG the recorder saves the previous segment plus all of the video from
that point until you stop recording.
How the three recording methods work
The illustrations below compare the Clip, Loop, and Loop & Forward recording methods. When
the explanation of the examples refers to pressing Tag, you can either press Tag on the recorder or
REC/TAG on the wireless remote. Once you're in Record Standby mode, all recording control and
tagging can be done on either the recorder or the wireless remote.
In these diagrams, with the recorder in Record Standby mode, we show video recording done in a
10 minute period between starting recording by pressing REC on the recorder or REC/TAG on the
wireless remote (Start Recording) and pressing REC again on the recorder or STOP on the wireless
Frame Rate
(per second)
30
Highest quality HD video when displayed on a high
resolution, high quality monitor
25
Frame rate compatibility with European broadcast
standards
24
Frame rate compatibility with standard
cinematography
60
High quality HD video with the option for smooth
slow motion playback
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