AG-HPX170 - Is It Real
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ilauzirika
Boring Senior Member
I don't think so, because in Panasonic Broadcast Europe I found a press release that called the camera hpx171 not hpx170, so there are two different version depending on the area.
But what I find strange is that in that same press release you can read this:
So this means that even in PAL you can have 60fps?
Cees Mutsaers
Veteran
I think they just used the US spec., probably the Euro spec is not yet available. We europeans come always last !!! Probably the hpx170 will hit the European Marcket in the first Q of 2009.:embarasse
Barry_Green
Moderator
We won't know for another couple of hours when the show floor opens. Right now the only feature that we know of that's missing is the tape drive.
Barry_Green
Moderator
Can't answer all questions yet, but the 170 and 150 are both smaller than the 200A, and lighter too. The 200A has DV tape, the others don't. The 150 is AVC-HD, the 170 is P2.
Stupid question:
Any idea on pricing on the 170?
Any idea on pricing on the 170?
Luis Caffesse
Admin
Not to be nit picky here Barry - but I'm going to be nit picky.
Shouldn't we be saying the 150 is AVC-HD and the 170 is DVCproHD/50/25 ?
I'm only pointing this out because theoretically you could record just about anything to P2 - including AVC-HD.... personally I would have loved to have seen the inclusion of an AVC-HD option on the 200a (and the 170).
Anyhow - I just don't want to see anyone on here getting confused between recording format and medium.
Nicholas Natteau
Veteran
Does anyone know what the resolution of the LCD will be on the HPX-170???
Love my HVX200, but I've been dying to see an improvement on the low-res screen of the HVX200.
Love my HVX200, but I've been dying to see an improvement on the low-res screen of the HVX200.
From what I've read, there isn't a change on the resolution of the LCD from the HVX200
cinematical
Well-known member
Any word on the price of the 170?
ilauzirika
Boring Senior Member
How is NAB going?
Cees Mutsaers
Veteran
I wonder also, still no new info about the 170.
cinematical
Well-known member
Nobody with new news?
ilauzirika
Boring Senior Member
I don't think it will, my opinion is based on the fact that there are already several model numbers of the hpx170 (at least for euroope hpx171,). Well this is just me guessing...
Well ilauzirika, I think you guessed wrong about the Hpx170. It is ntsc/pal switchable according to Panny. The Hvx200a is not of course. Lucky us europeans.
PDF 'bout Panny's solid-state technology
http://www.panasonic.com/business/provideo/nab2008/Panasonic-NAB2008.pdf
And also check out the .com
http://www.panasonic.com/business/p...m_re=Systems-_-Product1-_-NAB 2008 Convention
William_Robinette
Shallow Member
The LCD is the same on the 200a and the 170. It is the old HVX lcd.
Nothing is really stripped away from the HVX other then the tape drive.
The reps are saying the HVX200a and the HMC-170 with be prices "comparatively."
They have the exact same imaging block. HD/SDI + 20 VFR settings + a LOT lighter.
Nothing is really stripped away from the HVX other then the tape drive.
The reps are saying the HVX200a and the HMC-170 with be prices "comparatively."
They have the exact same imaging block. HD/SDI + 20 VFR settings + a LOT lighter.
Barry_Green
Moderator
No firm price was announced. I think they said it would be in the same ballpark as the HVX.
Getting pricing from a Japanese company is tough right now, because the dollar's in the toilet. Fuji refused to give me pricing info on their P2 cards, and those are due to ship in "a couple of months." All they'd say is "pricing will be competitive."
When we're looking at maybe 8 months before these things hit the shelves, the companies seem quite reluctant to commit. I still expect that the 170 will be less expensive than the current 200A. Maybe $5795, maybe $5495, who knows, but I don't think there's any way it'll be more expensive (unless the 200A receives a price increase).
Barry_Green
Moderator
You have successfully picked nits. You are correct.