Re: tinkering with idea of making CMOS HD cam; what readout codex?

My work deals mostly with effects and animation coexisting with live-action stuff. For that the 4:4:4 is so juicy...! If the thing could have a "gobble" mode, to spit RGBA's direct to disk, I'd want it.

I have seen the results of (tightly controlled, I am into animation after all) 720p and 1080p in plasma screens and have to admit that with good illumination the difference is less marked than one would think. So I'd want 720p as an alternative, and after the Panny, you want variable speed... with a sharper image.

But as far as real life and editability:
The existing pipelines would favor HDCam and DVC-ProHD besides the purely digital, like MPEG, simply because of existing onlines and offlines (setups). A point could be made that the formats will respond to the industry segment you want to tag and the price point(s) of the camera design, which could make DV50 and dv100 entries in your list, and even dv25.

.k.