SD vs HDV

Here is the answer that boils in some Amature Videographers Hearts, Is SD (standard Def) better than HDV (high def video) YES it is, but where things sort of get confuseing is that people think HDV is High Def? Nope your wrong and doesn't give anyone right to go about saying it is, realistically if you had a real HDV cam you pay around 300,000 Buck's for it and about another 100,000 bucks jsut to get it from the cam to a copy of it on HD DVD. Small break down here! HDV is recorded in high def and then compressed back down to SD and then recorded to the mini DV tape, so your still getting the same compression and quality as SD. In-conclusion You can only get better video from a HDV if you know how to use the camera, and AUTO Mode only works 30% of the time, If you can master a HDV cam and the lighting situations around you then YES HDV is better quality than SD. I have seen excellent quality SD surpass HDV. The guy that knows how to use a SD cam is going to get much better video quality than the guy that doesn't know how to use a HDV cam. Lastly don't say your videos are HDV when there not!