paddywhack
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Is it true that panasonic dropped the interval record function in the Dvx100B? I'm considering upgrading but I use that function quite a bit.
Can anyone clarify for me?
Can anyone clarify for me?
interval recording
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paddywhack
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Never mind. I get it. Why would panasonic leave out a useful function like that, I wonder.
HansK
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It was left out, I'm guessing, because it's not really an efficient mechanism for doing interval recording. You can do a better job with an inexpensive digital camera. In fact, a digital camera, a computer, and some interval recording software is probably the best setup for doing interval recording. There's some good info on how and why on this board if you do a search.
So, panasonic probably looked at features and found that there were others that were more important. And the interval recording was dropped.
So, panasonic probably looked at features and found that there were others that were more important. And the interval recording was dropped.
Barry_Green
Moderator
As I understand it, in the move to RoHS compliance, they needed to use a new tape drive mechanism that didn't use lead in the manufacturing process. The new mechanism doesn't support interval recording, so it was a feature that was dropped. I could be dead wrong about this, but this is how I understand it.