▁market , ▁the ▁series ▁was ▁bad ged ▁as ▁" AG - D VC 1 8 0 / A / B ". ▁They ▁are ▁otherwise ▁identical ▁to ▁European ▁P AL ▁AG - D VC 1 8 0 E . ▁ ▁Techn ical ▁spec s ▁Pan ason ic ▁created ▁a ▁complete ▁line ▁of ▁cam eras ▁that ▁support ▁recording ▁in ▁ 2 4 p , ▁which ▁is ▁an ▁analog ▁of ▁how ▁film ▁cam eras ▁record ▁frames , ▁for ▁independent ▁film ▁production . ▁ 2 4 p ▁stands ▁for ▁ 2 4 ▁frames ▁per ▁second ▁progress ive : ▁a ▁frame ▁rate ▁which ▁is ▁commonly ▁used ▁in ▁motion ▁picture ▁production , ▁and ▁progress ive ▁scan ▁which ▁avoid s ▁inter la cing ▁to ▁give ▁artifact ▁free ▁frames . ▁These ▁features ▁give ▁the ▁record ings ▁a ▁film ▁quality ▁appearance . ▁ ▁The ▁original ▁AG - D V X 1 0 0 ▁can ▁shoot ▁in ▁a ▁ 4 : 3 ▁aspect ▁ratio ▁only , ▁the ▁" A " ▁revision ▁added ▁a ▁cap ability ▁to ▁shoot ▁w ides creen ▁video , ▁but ▁it ▁looked ▁s que ez ed ▁on ▁the ▁built - in ▁monitor . ▁The ▁" B " ▁revision ▁introduced ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁properly ▁monitor ▁ 1 6 : 9 ▁aspect ▁ratio . ▁All ▁revis ions ▁have ▁C CD ▁sens ors ▁with ▁native ▁aspect ▁ratio ▁of ▁ 4 : 3 , ▁which ▁causes ▁the ▁decrease ▁of ▁vertical ▁resolution ▁in ▁w ides creen ▁mode ▁because ▁of ▁cro pping . ▁ ▁The ▁camera ▁was ▁compet it ively ▁pr iced ▁below ▁. ▁At ▁the