As with all new Sony prosumer camcorders, both models support 30p and 24p, albeit with a 2:3 pulldown, and both models have the 1-megapixel XtraFine LCD screen included in the EX1, Z7U, and SR11/12.
As with all new Sony prosumer camcorders, both models support interlaced and progressive scan recording, HVR-Z5 having also native progressive recording. Both models have the 1-megapixel XtraFine LCD screen included in the EX1, Z7, and SR11/12.