Question about DVX100a usage...

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PimpDaddyDA

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Here's an odd one...

The DVX seems to be pretty durable, ie: can do 3 or 4 hour shoots without any "overheating" etc...

Question:

Can the DVX be used for lenthy periods of time in the play back mode?

Instead of renting a mini dv deck to use a source for a screening, I want to use my dvx as the source. Each mini dv tape is about 70 minutes. (2 tapes, 134 minutes of playback)

Is the dvx o.k. to play for that long of time without burning anything out? Is it using the same tape head and engine for recording as it does playback?

Thanks for your insight.
 
projecting dvd's stink. I don't have a replicated master and can't rely on "home made" dvds. Need a solid source.

So, why can't I use the dvx??? Will it over heat or ??? It records for many hours, wouldn't it play back as well?

Or is it not a good source to begin with, meaning, a deck will produce a better digital signal and audio???
 
A deck is just going to be more prepared for strenuous situations like that. I would highly suggest not using the DVX for such a long playback. You don't want to wear the heads on it in one showing.

Have you considered hooking up a projector to a laptop and projecting the uncompressed footage? I have projected DVDs several times and the quality wasn't bad at all. We even did one in a huge 400 seat theater and it looked awesome.
 
Why don't you do what most of us budget guys do and use a crappy little pansonic miniDV camcorder as a deck? That's what you should be doing for capturing and offloading anyway.
 
good tips...

You think a little sony camcorder would be o.k.? It's digital, so as long as it gets all the info off the tape it would work?

How about the audio as well.... everything cool?
 
DavidBeier said:
Why don't you do what most of us budget guys do and use a crappy little pansonic miniDV camcorder as a deck? That's what you should be doing for capturing and offloading anyway.
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Never thought of that. Which one are you using?
 
Data on tape is just 0s and 1s. All decks with clean heads read the data equally well. Use a cheap DV camera for that, you might find other uses for that, too.

For a price of a DV tape deck you can get good DV cameras for the whole family... If you just need to show couple of tapes just use the dvx100. It can surely take it.

Besides cheaper to buy a new DVX100 if it wears out than a deck...
 
TheAnimal said:
Never thought of that. Which one are you using?
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Can't remember which model exactly. My parents have it now as I've got an HVX200 and P2 means no digitizing (so nice). It was just a basic Pansonic camcorder though. Paid $300 for it three years ago. It's better to go with Pansonic to make sure the time code will be compatible with your DVX. One thing though, it may not work if you shoot squeeze mode. Letterbox is fine since it just adds black bars but squeeze won't work unless the camcorder has squeeze as well.
 
interesting - for some reason I thought that uploading a tape containing DVX footage with a crappy camera would decrease the capture quality. But since it is digital, it does make sense that it wouldn't matter.
 
I was in the same boat awhile back, thinking my cheap palmcorder wouldn't be able to handle 24 p advanced. Then someone on this forum explained the same thing. It's all 0's and 1's.

Plus the fact that the DVX records it as standard DV on the tape, every other camera out there can play it. (Of course, you'd still need a NLE that can handle the 24 p advanced to extract the original 24 frames/sec).

BTW, recording sqeeze mode on the DVX worked fine for capturing with the cheapo camera. The DVX records the image as 4:3 since that's the DV standard. When importing, you have to check "anamorphic" in FCP (or whatever you've got) to interpret it as widescreen.
 
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