HD Recording on Droid. Really HD?!

[xmguy]

I recorded a cover today using my Droid for YouTube. Their were loads of clipping of the audio. It also didn't look like HD as well as HD wasn't an option on YouTube.

What gives?!

[iamrobk]

The Droid records at 720x480, which is DVD quality, not HD. The Droid Incredible records at up to 800x480 but is rumored to be updated to support 720p recording. The LG Ally, and the Motorola Shadow and Droid 2 are rumored to support 720p recording too.

[xmguy]

The Droid records at 720x480, which is DVD quality, not HD. The Droid Incredible records at up to 800x480 but is rumored to be updated to support 720p recording. The LG Ally, and the Motorola Shadow and Droid 2 are rumored to support 720p recording too.

Darn. Is that quality better video wise than 640x480? What about the bad audio though, major clipping? What would cause that?

[iamrobk]

720p is 1280X720, so it has about 3 times as many pixels as 640x480, plus it's widescreen. Of course, like with still photos, video quality isn't just about what resolution it's shot at (though, IMO, that matters more in video than in photos), but about the quality of the sensor. Audio clipping is probably just due to a cheap microphone, which is pretty much to be expected in cell phones these days.