How many hours of HD-video can you get per each GB?

[gringalatina]

Hey, I am mom of two little ones & really want an HD video camcorder w/optical zoom & an internal hard drive (among other features like an external mic jack.) My main question: how on earth do I figure out how many hours of HD video I can get per gigabyte? For Ex., an 8GB card will get me APPROX how many minutes of cute kid videos? Aaarrrgggghhhh!!!!! Thanks!

 

[jaquith]

8.5GB is good for about 2 hours of 'DVD' quality 720p, and many camcorders are 2.8GB per hour. So (8GB / 2.8GB/HR) = approximately 2.86 hours. This is all dependent upon the resolution and compression used by the camcorder. High definition will yield approximately 1/4th the time per GB; 11~12GB/HR.

However, uncompressed the numbers are staggering: HD 1080 40GB/HR vs 13.5GB/HR DV.

See -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVCHD

 

[gringalatina]

Thank you. Also, does it matter that I don't know what "720 p" is? But this does help. 'preciate it!

Hey, I am mom of two little ones & really want an HD video camcorder w/optical zoom & an internal hard drive (among other features like an external mic jack.) My main question: how on earth do I figure out how many hours of HD video I can get per gigabyte? For Ex., an 8GB card will get me APPROX how many minutes of cute kid videos? Aaarrrgggghhhh!!!!! Thanks!

 

[jonspilger]

Amazon has a helpful page on this...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_354575262_1?ie=UTF8&docId=1000633771&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=13ZY4PY90FYBST02FNEG&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_p=1280682522&pf_rd_i=1000633771#HowMuchCanIStoreonaMemoryCard

You will have to scroll down to see the video part.