Mini DV decks

[Jerry Alto]

Chris- I purchased a Sony GV-HD700 about 8 months ago and it has performed beyond my expectations. For $1,000+ it is the cheapest deck out there… but it works. Sony markets it as a consumer deck at their Style website. Here is the link: https://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665192187

If you need a full-on pro deck with responsive machine control and SDI this is not the deck for you. If you have been using your camera for digitizing and playback then this could be the deck you are looking for. This is a Sony product so you’ll need to do the homework if you have a Canon or JVC camera. It has a great 7″ LCD for field recording and viewing. Works great as an iLink (firewire) HDV and DV dub deck.

And probably one of it’s best features is the HDMI out. I’ve been shooting HDV for three years and with this deck I can show clients an HD version of their show on their 50″ plasma and avoid the Apple/Sony Blu-ray war.

HTH,
Jerry

G5 Dual 3GB Ram
FCP Studio 6.02
External 1 TB SATA Raid 0
Kona LH, Second system w AJA ioLA
Sony Z-1
GV-HD700

[Chris Davis]

Thanks for your detailed response Jerry, I appreciate the info. I will check out the Sony.

Chris

[Christopher Glavan]

I just recently read a review of the GVH-D700, which said the unit downconverts to 480i…