New HVX?

I hope Panasonic have somthing to offer. The news today of the Sony EX3 is going to be hard to compete with.

We need competition in the marketplace to bring down prices. If nothing radical is announced the EX1 and new EX3 could dominate.
 
Just got that from the grape wine (err... actualy from the DVInfo forum)

Hi guys I've just come back from panasonic training session and this is what I got told by the reps.
The HVX-200A/202A will be released at NAB and will include AVC-Intra as recording option.
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Steve Shovlar said:
I hope Panasonic have somthing to offer. The news today of the Sony EX3 is going to be hard to compete with.

We need competition in the marketplace to bring down prices. If nothing radical is announced the EX1 and new EX3 could dominate.
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what you really need to worry about is the scarlet.

Gahh I can't wait to see it!
 
What exactly does AVC-Intra buy you (even at 100mbps) vs. DVCPROHD?

Other than it's more efficient for P2 card storage, is the image quality better? (even given that it is 1920 x 1080 vs 1440 x 1080)
 
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The April 14, 2008 issue of "TV Technology" magazine contains a Panasonic P2 HD insert. The HVX200 is listed as the HVX200A. The description is: "This remarkable camcorder features all the fabulous features and benefits of the HVX200, plus improved progressive 3-CCD imagers and a DSP that increases sensitivity, while lowering noise and smear. A new 13X zoom lens provides a wide 30mm viewing angle ..."

The insert also shows the AG-HPX170 Fully Solid State, 1/3" 3-CCD Handheld Camcorder. The description is: "This smaller, more powerful, go anywhere DVCPRO HD camcorder offers a wide angle Leica Dicomar lens, two P2 slots for continuous recording, HD-SDI and IEEE 1394 interfaces, NTSC/PAL switchable, a time/date stamp function, and more variable frame rates than prior P2 HD handhelds. It comes with our 5-year limited warranty."
 
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I wonder how much of an upgrade it will be. If the image quality is night and day, I think a lot of us will be upgrading. If not, hmmm....

I personally can't wait for monday. Scarlett and the new HVX... I'm betting they will be very different animals, though.
 
Hey William, haven't you learned the world revolves around me. there for I and I alone should have the top of the line tech.

kidding, but I was hoping it would be another year or so before I had to lower my rental rates do to newer cameras.

Jason
 
I'm guessing they'll split the HVX into two -- one a tape version to replace the DVX, and the other an all-solid state version to make a lighter, smaller package.
 
why would they replace the dvx, I mean its a great camera, but ntsc is out the door, once the roll over is finished, there will be no more broadcasting of ntsc everything will have to be hd, soon you will no longer be able to buy ntsc tvs, for a while tvs will have both as they do now, but once all stations nationwide start hdtv the dvx is done, and I believe the roll over date keeps getting pushed back it was originally set for 09 now the 09 date is only for digital, I think ntsc will still be transmitted over the airwaves for a while longer.

Jason
 
Wrong. There will be plenty of broadcasting of SD. There is not now, nor has there ever been, nor will there ever likely be, a mandate that the USA go to HD.

The changeover in February is to digital broadcasting, not to high-def broadcasting.
 
totally right Barry, but it will be a mess for those people who get their signal through antenna. My bro works for the local fox station and they haven't even got the specs, or the box or any real info. He thinks it will be a real mess, unless you are on cable or Direct TV.

It's just a digital signal but not HD.
 
hmm I thought it was an FCC mandate, either way, I still don't believe sd is long for this world. I think within the next 5 years sd will fade away and within 10 years sd will be a think of the history books. but thats my opinion.

soon finding your favorite film on dvd will be as hard as finding it on vhs, now that blue ray has won, stations are going digital the bandwidth is there, I honestly believe that within the next 5 years their really will be no comersial use for sd.

so I doubt any company including panasonic is going to dump money into a high end sd camer.


Jason
 
It's an FCC mandate to switch over from analog to digital. That doesn't constitute a switch from SD to HD. It means that anyone who received their TV via a antenna signal will have to switch over to digital sources such as cable and satellite
 
Jason, I don't know how right you are. Plenty of people are still using VHS, for example. Granted it is a significant minority. But it is not dead.

SD is something like 3/4 a century in the making. (More? Barry would know. So would wikipedia but I'm too lazy to look it up right now.) I don't think it will be dead any time soon.

Progressive SD looks very good blown up to 720p, IMO.

But Moore's Law and all, you could be right. However, I'm going to bet that SD and HD will co-exist for a long time now. Longer than we all think.
 
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