| Media | Same as DV format (DV and/or Mini DV Tapee) | |
| Video | ||
| Video Signal | 720/60p, 720/30p 720/50p, 720/25p |
1080/60i, 1080/50i |
| Number of Pixels | 1280 X 720 | 1440 X 1080 |
| Aspect Ratio | 16:9 | |
| Compression | MPEG2 Video (profile & level: MP@H-14) | |
| Sampling Frequency for Luminance |
74.25MHz | 55.7MHz |
| Sampling Format | 4 : 2 : 0 | |
| Quantization | 8 bits (both luminance and chrominance) | |
| Bit rate after Compression | Approximately 19Mbps | Approximately 25Mbps |
| Audio | ||
| Compression | MPEG1 Audio Layer II | |
| Sampling Frequency | 48kHz | |
| Quantization | 16 bits | |
| Bit rate after Compression | 384kbps | |
| Audio Mode | Stereo (2 channels) | |
| System | ||
| Data Format | MPEG2 Systems | |
| Stream Type | Transport Stream | Packetized Elementary Stream |
| Stream Interface | IEEE1394 (MPEG2-TS) | |