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I'm taking offers for my Panasonic DVX 100B. It was purchased brand new last summer and used very infrequently (65 hours). It still has everything that it came with. In addition I have three (3) 5400mAh batteries, a full-size Petrol duffel carrying case, and twenty (20) Panasonic mini DV Master...

This question doesn't pertain to AVID specifically, but that's what I'm working with... I need to make a song sound like it is playing through the car stereo, rather than simply laid over. And in another scene, I need the song to play through a boom-box. I have no idea where to begin...

What are some of the varying ways to import miniDV footage from the tape to the computer? Purchasing a $1500 miniDV deck is one option... any other, slightly more affordable, options, perchance?

I've heard mixed opinions on how to properly store DVX batteries for the long-term, including discharging them. I'm not even sure how to do that. Any thoughts? By the way, what is long term? 1 month? 3? 6? 12?

This might be a silly "newbie" question, or perhaps I need to head back to AbelCineTech for an adjustment: I received my new 100B and I'm already noticing a subtle scraping sound -- it feels like sandy friction -- when I turn the focus ring. There is no difficulty whatsoever actually turning...

I will soon be flying to Costa Rica with my 100B. According to one Internet source, the electricity there is the same as the US: 110 V. Another source also says it's the same as the US: 120 V at 60 Hz. The DVX manual notes that the unit will operate on 110 or 120, but that an AC plug adapter...

Hello! I'm a new member and new owner... so for my initiation, I am posting a totally neurotic, inanely foolish question: How do you recommend I place my 100B in my Pelican 1550? Up-right, on its side? If I put it in up-right, the egg-crate foam comes down with pressure on the microphone (is...