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Panasonic PV-GS250 Camcorder Reviewby Matt CullerPublished on Mar 15, 2005 12:00 PM 
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Compression (8.0)
The Panasonic PV-GS250 (Review, Specs, $1299.99) uses standard DV compression to MiniDV tape. MiniDV compression is definitely the standard of video quality against which all other compression formats are judged.
Media (8.0)
The Panasonic PV-GS250 records video to 6.35mm MiniDV tape in both SP and LP modes. The camcorder records 80 minutes in SP mode and 120 minutes in LP mode. Still JPEGs can be recorded to SD card, ranging from 32 MB to 1 GB.
Editing (8.0)
Video footage recorded to MiniDV tape can be edited very easily using a FireWire connection and any of many compatible editing software suites. The PV-GS250 ships with no such software, though free versions of Avid are available for download. Editing is done using the PV-GS250’s FireWire input/output located underneath the screen. MiniDV camcorders always score well in this section, and this point of evaluation is mostly relevant for camcorders which use different compression methods (such as MPEG2 or MPEG4) and do not have the editing capabilities of MiniDV camcorders.