HVX For Broadcast Commercials

[pretopost]

part's I and II will be one seamless commercial on the betacam tape with no discernible break between parts I and II.

I understand completely what you are saying, but have two concerns:

A) Commercials tend to be in 15, 30 and 1 minute intervals. Even at 1080P you could fit 8X1 minute commercials on two 4GB Cards. Unless your doing an infomercial which is usually 42 minutes or so which is why I suggested renting a Deck because your probably being payed anywhere from 9K to 25K depending on complexity.

B) It doesn't work that way because you are limited to the format of the BetaSP deck which is linear like all taped solutions. That's why tapeless rocks, but is painful in a tape-filled world.


I think your question is irrelevant if you are pricing is in line with the project you are working on. The longer the project--the more complex--the more effort on your part--more money to you--rent a deck to out on that has a firewire port.

 

[Jeff In Ocala]

just rec'd my HVX

just rec'd my HVX

hi all new member here, I do mainly tv work for broadcast and cable. spots and some long form I come from the old beta sp /sx background and had to update, been reading these boards and saw the clips and went for getting this camera. when i did some test shots with the dvcpro50 setting i was blown away, side by side comparisions with my beta sp rig and nobody in the office could tell which was which very impressive will be glad to get the beta rig off my aching shoulder. i also have an older non linear system and have to capture everything analog, went in thru component and put it under the scopes and its looks wonderful, i deliver my final product on beta sp and have no doubt the HVX will handle anything i need to shoot. seems like the opinion here is to wait for a larger HD to come out as far as storage ie the cineporter, until then i was going to play with the idea of capturing to a portable beta deck in the field, which is a little bulkier than a couple P2 cards but will have to do for now. hopefully after nab i will look into getting FCP and using ALL the features of this great camera