CP200 control

[Robert Glanns]

Lack of CP200-series support is the only reason why I have not purchased a whole new Resolve system. I want to spend my money NOW, but using a Wave panel would be a huge step back for me.

I’m very sad that BMD does not seem to want to support this panel set, because a large number of professional Apple Color users (in other words, the very people that are itching to abandon Apple Color for Resolve) own it and use it.

It would be great if BMD would communicate it’s intentions or commitments for specific future panel support. If there are no plans to support this particular panel set, then I can move on and reallocate my equipment budget to other things, instead of waiting and hoping that my large investment in CP200’s will have been worth it, for Resolve support.

[Joseph Owens]

I bought the (then) trio of CP200 panels for my Final Touch installation, but it quickly became apparent that a Wave would also be just as effective (with the advent of COLOR) and would give me an alternative with which to travel when I do “out-call” service visits. I don’t know how much longer FCS users will hang on to their COLOR software, but at one point “everybody” had it and all I had to do was plug and play. Resolve will make that a bit more complicated because a client who does access external colorists won’t likely own the software, or perhaps in the near future will have the FCP7 overlay version that I can tap into for very simple tasks. I’ll have to start suggesting that to my user base.

In some respects a Wave panel is better than a “stand-alone” CP200BK, if you don’t also have the TS and K panels. I do hold my nose a bit with the build/feel of the plastic, but….. it travels better/lighter, and is not anywhere close to the expenditure/outlay to get going with an expanded client base. A Wave should net pay for itself in a couple of sessions.

I have stopped using the word “investment” when referring to either software or hardware, any more than a bingo card is something that anyone would expect an ROI from.

jPo

You mean “Old Ben”? Ben Kenobi?

[Robert Glanns]

Thanks for the feedback, JP…

I guess Im one of those old farts who might be resistant to change, but after working with the CP200 BK/TS panels every day, for a few years now, the “muscle memory” my hands and brain have built up is to the point where swapping with a Wave (or Euphonix) panel would be like swapping out Eddie Van Halen’s guitar with a ukulele right before he goes out on stage. I’m sure the Wave is workable (though I have demoed it with Apple Color, and was less than impressed by it), but I have a perfectly good set of CP200 panels on my desk, so I’m caught in a bind where if I sell the CP200’s in order to buy a better Resolve compatible panel like the JLCooper Eclipse, only for BMD to later announce that they finally support the 200’s, I’ll be less than pleased.

Have you used the JLCooper Eclipse? How do you feel it compares to the Wave in terms of usability, and if it’s worth the added expense to buy it over the Fisher-Pricey Wave panel? I am partial to the ring-around-ball setup that the CP200s have, so I like the idea of the Eclipse more than the Wave.