Originally Posted by Expo_Vids

The HDV cams don't give you any higher quality of a picture. They just give higher resolution and a 16x9 chip.

The only benefit for the web are higher res frame grabs.

The real benefit for shooting HDV is when your content is watched on a large HD TV because it will fill up the entire screen and also look much better than standard def. This is the only time there is a noticable difference.