The price you'll pay for 24P HD

[The_Video_Guy]

Since all this speculation and waiting for the release of the new Panasonic cam... I can't imagine that this can be good for DVX sales at the moment.

More future predicting here but how many here will go the HD over SD route and at what price?! *Clearly the under $10,000 is a pretty generic range... one would think not to cut into DVX sales a price of around 5 - 6 g's would be about right... but if it is around 6g's, how many here would go new panasonic over the DVX if the cam is over 6'gs? *It will be interesting to see if the jump to HD with Panasonic specs/price will push people HD or hinder them.

[Barry_Green]

It all depends on the features...

[The_Video_Guy]

K... P2, DVCPRO HD, 720P 24P basically the DVX with those features and native 16x9 chips... No 60P, not for broadcast... for the indie... any thoughts?

[Flintstone]

I'll go for 6K, but why drop the 60P? That's what I'm looking for in a 720p cam!

[Gary_McClurg]

I'm figuring around 6k for the camera, the other costs will be the P2 cards and the docking station.

[Neil Rowe]

docking station?

[Flintstone]

I suppose the docking station is to read the P2 cards on a desktop.

[Neil Rowe]

..you can do that right from the camera. all you would need is a firewire or USB cable.. whatever they use.. id assume firewire. i suppose it would be easier/nicer to buy a little pcmcia card reader for your desktop though. they run 100.00 and under for 2slot front bay PCI driven models.

[GlowMatt]

I bet Panasonic peeps are watching this thread VERY CAREFULLY.

[alpi69]

i just got my DVX. IMO it is better to wait for the second generation of such technology jumps. which means about 1,5 years from now.

and still nobody (other than real filmmakers who go to the bigscreen) could tell me a way to distribute the DVCPro-HD material and how you backup your P2-footage without millions of gigabytes in disks or another tapesystem yet again.
i do not think this hype right now hinders the DVX sales as much as the XL2 coming out did in summer.