DVC Pro Deck

Lloyds

Lloyds

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I have several A1s and I've always used the miniDV tapes for my "hobby" work. Now I have a major satellite network that wants to pick up my programs and they say that the tapes MUST be on one of these formats ONLY:

DVC Pro or DVC Pro 50
DVCAM
DV
Betacam SP

This is all for non-profit work, and I won't get any money from these programs (other than good exposure), but I don't have a deck! My HV20 is my only "deck".

So now I need to get it onto one of these formats. Can you help me with this? What's the cheapest way to do this? What's the best format to have it in for the price? Again, this is non-profit work, so I need to keep it cheap, but nice.

Oh, I'm recording in HD. The programs will currently air in SD, but they are making the transition to HD this next year--if that changes anything..
 
Probably the most cost effective way to get this done in the short term is to take your master tape (MiniDV) or, if you've edited it, a DVD containing the master file to a duplication house and have them move it to one of the other formats you've listed. By DVD I don't mean a playable DVD, just burn the final rendered project onto the DVD for storage and transport.

I've had to do that in the past and, it beats having to buy an expensive deck. Then again, if you're going to do this a lot, maybe an investment in a deck or a camera that shoots in that format should be considered.
 
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Looks like you might be ready to upgrade to the HVX200. There are a ton of them for sale in the marketplace recently.
 
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