HDX900 onboard downconverter

[Ray Palmer]

Thanks Jeff for looking into this.
Do I win a prize for stumping the expert?

Ray Palmer, Engineer
Salt River Project
Phoenix, AZ
602-236-8224 office
There are three types of people in this world, those that can count and those that can’t.

[Jeff Merritt]

Ray and All,

The prize for “stumping the expert” is 100 hours of FREE GPS satellite time as sent from space to your camera. Smile.

By the way I have a GPS in my airplane and it updates every second. I have flown with GPS for many years and it’s always there, timely, and accurate. The GPS in my car updates every 5 seconds. The hand-held I use for hiking updates about every 15-20 seconds. Again, I’ll check with the factory and get back to you and everyone.

This is a very interesting question and I am also curious.

Thanks,

Jeff Merritt
Product Line Business Manager
High Definition Products
Panasonic Broadcast
323-436-3676

[Ray Palmer]

Thank you Jeff.
The obvious question is how often is it updated and how often recorded to tape.
Someone suggested that it was current information but only recorded on the first few frames of record. That would mean that I would need to roll record at each tower but the client needs to see the right-of-way area between each tower in addition to each tower.

Please share your findings with Greg at the Burbank office and Jim McGowan. We had this discussion a few weeks ago when Greg was in Phoenix with Jim at a demo of the HDX900 and they might be also looking for an answer.

Ray Palmer, Engineer
Salt River Project
Phoenix, AZ
602-236-8224 office
There are three types of people in this world, those that can count and those that can’t.

[Ray Palmer]

Jeff,
If this is still a difficult question to answer, I would be willing to do a test with a demo camera.
We have also ordered an HDX900 without the optional GPS. Posssibly when our camera arrives, I could borrow the just the GPS option and run some tests.

Ray Palmer, Engineer
Salt River Project
Phoenix, AZ
602-236-8224 office
There are three types of people in this world, those that can count and those that can’t.