DVCPRO HD-LP

[Jeff Carpenter]

I don’t know for certain either, but from what I’ve seen it certainly LOOKs like the difference between DV and DVCAM. That means the quality of the video is the same, there’s just a slightly higher risk of dropouts or other glitches.

[Gary Adcock]

[Andy__] “Is DVCPRO HD-LP the same quality as DVCPRO HD?”

Andy
if you are referring to the on screen display that the 1200a deck gives you in the on menus, I was told that it means you had one of the longer (126 minute -Yellow label)cassette in the machine.

As far as I know there is not a provision to do an Long Play recording to tape in a 1200a deck.
(and please correct if I am in error)

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[Andy__]

Actually I’m referring to the aquisition of the footage. The show I am editing has not been shot yet. It is a one-hour program with a multicam shoot. They will be recording to either the 1700 or the 1200A. They need a tape that can record at least 60 minutes in HD, and I need it to be the size tape that can fit in the 1200A! According to Panasonic’s website, the AJ-HP64EL, which will fit in the 1200A, can record 64 minutes in DVCPRO HD-LP or 32 minutes in DVCPRO HD. I have read in a few places that the quality is the same either way, but that doesn’t make sense to me, so I wanted to check with the experts here!!

[Fxholt]

Remember the decks record differently thant the Varicam- those numbers refer to the varicam!
I use the 1200A deck, and I can tell you you can fit 64 minutes of 1080 DVCPROHD on the yellow label “126L” tapes, but NOT in the Varicam. Check the varicam forum for more detailed answer.
Also, in a brilliant move, they stopped making the small red label tapes that did fit the 1200A deck, that fit 94 mins of HD- the AJ-HP92ELG. Someone might still have a stash of these somewhere. So unless they’ve reintroduced something else, you can no longer output more than an hour of DVCPRO HD with the 1200A.
The 1700 obviously takes the bigger tapes . . .