HVX200 on Panasonic.com + No 1080P shooting with HVX200E (PAL)?

[Grex]

The HVX200 on Panasonic.com:

AG-HVX200
1/3" 3-CCD 16:9 HD/DVCPRO/DV Cinema P2 Series Camera with CineSwitchTM Technology, CineGammaTM Software and IEEE 1394 Interface




• 1080/60i, 1080/24p, 1080/30p, 720/60p, 720/24p, 720/30p, 480/60i, 480/24p, 480/30p
• DVCPRO HD/50/25 and DV recording
• 1/3" 16:9 native progressive 3-CCD imager
• Wide angle Leica Dicomar high definition lens
• Variable frame rates in 720p mode
• CineGamma and NewsGamma
• Cam-driven manual zoom
• 4-channel PCM audio (2 XLRs)
• Two P2 card slots
• Mini-DV tape recording
• Standard IEEE 1394 interface
• USB 2.0
• Coming Fall 2005

HVX200 on Panasonic.com

HVX200 and HVX200E on Panasonic.co.jp

HVX200 (NTSC) Brochure

I also found a link to the PAL version (HVX200E) on Google, hosted on the Panasonic Japan web site. There is no mention of 1080P in the PAL PDF. Begin a PAL user, I hope this doesn't mean what I think it means...

HVX200E (PAL) Brochure

Take a look at the exact same paragraph from each PDF:

The NTSC PDF:

Also able to record Standard Definition in the DVCPRO50, DVCPRO and DV formats, the AG-HVX200 supports migration from the entire DVCPRO family of equipment to the total IT experience. All 1080, 720, and 480 signals support 24p and 30p frame rates. The AG-HVX200 also debuts as the industry's first professional handheld camera-recorder to offer HD 24p acquisition. A

and now the PAL PDF:

Also able to record Standard Definition in the DVCPRO50, DVCPRO and DV formats, the AG-HVX200 supports migration from the entire DVCPRO family of equipment to the total IT experience. It also supports 25p and 50p frame rates. The AG-HVX200 also debuts as the industry's first professional handheld camera-recorder to offer HD 25p acquisition.

[Robert_Niemann]

What?! Gabriel Costache from Panasonic New Zealand has written, that there will be 1080/25p. Look at this: http://www.dvxuser.com/V3/showthread.php?t=24073. I hope, he has not made a mistake.?

[PKraft]

Come on, guys,
the notion of "25p and 50p" does NOT exclude 1080.
One is the framerate the other one the resolution. So,
please, don't get nervous and "read the coffee mug"
as we say over here in Old Europe.

[pmark23]

OMG! There's no 480P either! Is the PAL version audio only!!!


:-)

[araujofh]

HVX200 and HVX200E on Panasonic.co.jp

The link above does not mention 1080p on the NTSC version either. Maybe they have forgotten it.
But, anyway, I think I am getting the NTSC version instead. I really don't like the PAL specs.

But I guess, it all has to do with the fact that HD isn't as popular in Europe as it is in the US.

Let's just wait and see.

All the best

Fidel.