What is the difference between HDV and AVCHD?

First of all, HDV stands for High Definition Video, while AVCHD stands for Advanced Video Coding High Definition. HDV is a tape-based format, which was earlier in used for HD quality video recording. Conversely, AVCHD is a later version, which offers tapeless formats for storing videos.

It is more portable and convenient to use, even as it generally tends to be smaller than HDV devices, it is still cheaper. The AVCHD format makes use of the newer MPEG 4/H.264 specification, while the HDV makes use of the older and later MPEG 2/H.262 specification.

HDV camcorder is fixed at 25mbps, whereas AVCHD camcorders usually have a bit rate of 17mbps or 13mbps, or even lower. AVCHD camcorder provides an advantage whereby you can easily retrieve your videos in order to save them on the computer. While HDV lacks the ability to burn directly to Blu-ray, AVCHD is of an advantage here.

HDV is the acronym for High-Definition Video, which is considered to be one of the formats that were used in the creation of quality videos. This was the type of format that was used by companies in the past, especially when you want to have tapes.

AVCHD is considered to be a tapeless format, which also means that you will find it easier to transfer the data that you have placed in the AVCHD to other gadgets as compared to when you are still using the HDV. If you would like to have media files that are easier to retrieve, using AVCHD will be considered more ideal as compared to the HDV. The bitrates that are being used by the HDV is higher as compared to the bitrates used by AVCHD.