I just purchased this camera and I have to say I did have some reservations about the video quality of this camcorder. I took some test video just using the default settings with auto everything and then played back to my 65” HDTV and I have to say I was blown away! But, everybody is talking about the 24p w/ Cin mod and how great it is. I tried it and noticed the video was jumpy and very hard to watch when panning or even just the slightest pan. I am a newbie on all of this so I’m just wondering if I’m doing something wrong. Any help would be appreciated!

What kind of a display were you watching 24P footage from the HV20 on? The 24P frames in the HV20 are stuck inside a 60i video stream. If you playback on a progressive display and it is not de-interlacing correctly, then the result will be a mess. If you're watching edited footage, you need to remove pulldown in order to edit on a 24P timeline to avoid having your edits fall between progressive frames (in interlaced fields).

Other than that, pan slowly when shooting 24P, lol.

goldenear,

Actually Im just reviewing it on the camera’s LCD via playback. I also noticed it while I was recording on the LCD. How would I remove the pull-down. I can download it to my PC. I purchased Pincale Ultimate 11.1 will that do it? Again I am new at all of this, but I have to say I love this camera!

Then it's not going to get any better than that from editing, LOL! Stabilize the cam on sticks and pan very smoothly and you should get good results. As far as editing goes, the easiest way to do it is to pick up Cineform's NEO HDV product and remove pulldown as you capture to the PC. There is a $50 discount with the right code - look at HV20.com for the thread. Also, check to make sure Pinnacle Ultimate 11.1 will edit 24P footage - not sure on that one...

this is inheirant with all 24p footage. Your shooting at 24 frames per second. Any fast motion or somewhat fast panning will result in stutter or judder. Its because there are not enough frames per second to capture fluid fast motion or action. Thats why 60i looks so much more fluid. Almost every movie is shot in 24 frames per second. Its just a traditional thing and we are so used to seeing film this way, a movie looks odd or well not movie-like to us when shot in 60frames per second like normal TV. I wish though the movie industry would atleast go to 30p.

this is inheirant with all 24p footage. Your shooting at 24 frames per second. Any fast motion or somewhat fast panning will result in stutter or judder. Its because there are not enough frames per second to capture fluid fast motion or action. Thats why 60i looks so much more fluid. I wish though the movie industry would atleast go to 30p.
Me, too. The new HV30 does do 30P.