can HD be recorded to tape?

[emile]

Hi,

Is it possible to record HD on tape in HVX? Somebody told me that it is only possible on P2 card.

Thank you.

 

[nsoltz]

That somebody who told you that you could not record HD to tape is none other than Panasonic him/herself.

Ned Soltz

 

[Barry_Green]

(edited your post to put in a "not")

 

[nsoltz]

Thanks, Barry. It's what I get for trying to multitask too early in the AM...

Ned

 

[emile]

um, what? is it yes or no? I need a definite answer.

 

[Barry_Green]

You have a definite answer. The HVX's tape drive stores standard-def DV only.

If you want to hook up an external tape deck via firewire, then yes you could record HD to tape on that deck, but external DVCPRO-HD tape decks start at $25,000 so that's not the most common workflow.

 

[emile]

what about hooking up a usb harddrive? that can record HD, right?

 

[wgzn]

no no no! there is no cheap and easy way to bypass p2/firestore/direct to computer.

- usb is not fast enough for capture
- firewire is, but stand alone hard drives arent going to work for live capture. thats why things like the firestore exist