Broadcast limits on HVX200

eddavid

eddavid

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I read in Film and Video that they are limiting the amount of HDV you can show in a program on certain HD networks: I believe it's less than 10% of programming that can be shown this way.

Question: do you think they will be the same way with the HVX200?

Also, what right do they have to set this rule?

SD television has tons of shows shot on DV.

I guess they want their shows to all look really good.

I kind of like that rule.
ANyway do you think the HVX200 will get thru the cracks because it's DVCPRoHD, same format as our friend, the Varicam, who is used all the time on programs?
 
I dunno, this sounds pretty unlikely. I mean, really! I imagine they'd be more interested in looking at quality on a piece-by-piece basis.

I can understand if stations don't like HDV as a delivery format, especially with the crappy reliability of the tapes. But if something is shot well, tweaked right in post, and ends up as a beautiful product delivered in some other format, who the hell cares if it was shot on HDV? I really don't imagine anyone is gonna deliver something final on HDV, since there's currently no way to do that. So how will they even know, except by looking?
 
We've been going through the process the past few months for a big-budget documentary. From almost everyone we've heard: No HDV as the main source -- the programme will not be funded, and a blind submission will be rejected. The only exception is if we have some amazing footage, like the Pope being shot or aliens landing or something equally spectacular.

HDCAM and DVCPROHD were given as the only formats being accepted for HD broadcast. HDV is not considered "broadcast quality".

We still don't know if the HVX is okay or not.
 
Still very vaporous, you hear different things from different people even at the same network. The thing they all say is that they will not take anything on an HDV master. The best workflow for HDV is to do an offline, then rebuild uncompressed but this can be a pain without a deck that has remote control. I have a project that was shot on a Varicam but had a camera B that was HDV, mostly JVC or Z1 as it was shot before the XLH and HVX were out and it is a PAIN. I have ended up transfering everything to DVCproHD thru a Kona card or dumping it to DVCproHD tape, both out of the analog out of the cameras...



ash =o)
 
So I guess you tell the network people that what you shot is from a varicam, while you quickly transfer your hdv to dvcprohd. So annoying for us little guys trying to make a great doc, but don't have the funding to rent a Varicam or CineAlta. Good to hear your experiences PMark and Ash.
 
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