Good discussion. I'm gonna go with you guys and when I switch cams to a HD cam I'm gonna call my stuff true HD too!
I completely agree that the better the cam the better the quality. Right now I'm shooting with my pansonic ag-dvx100b which can indeed shoot at 16:9 and can shoot at 30p, two types of 24p, and 60i But the 16:9 is letterbox
So even though I'm quite capable of getting broadcast quality video under proper lighting conditions...I'm not HD, or the definition of what we are calling HD here.
By the way, Eman-PG, you said that I'm not getting true HD on my t.v.? Why not? I'm not aware of any compression going on when I watch HBO HD with DirecTV satellite and my flat screen. What's up with that? Fill us in. I'm ignorant about that. Thanks.