Panasonic AJ-HPC2000 P2 vs Sony XDCAM HD

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On the E and Style network virtualy all the news programing and much of the long form programing is ALL XDcam. They have 20 remote trucks, XDcam baby.

Chris

[Amadon Amadon]

Dear Walter,

Your comments about the hemi-neon, and about people’s apparent lack of ability to appreciate a product’s merit in relation to its price, are most refreshing. Here’s another point that may seem heretical to some, but which may interest you.

“Imperfect” video is not always bad. Sometimes it is better, functionally, than “great” or “perfect” video. Unfortunately, the marketing hype-crazed mind is programmed NOT to admit that fact. Since every marketing-influenced person “MUST” buy the latest and greatest gear, few people can afford to understand the fact that every tool has a good use — yes, even a cheap or relatively primitive tool. For example, a cheap hammer might pound in a nail quite nicely, while an air-driven nail gun might, in many cases, serve no better. Low resolution video has a certain charm of its own. Such video may be better, for example, than hi-rez video fuzzed up to hide unattractive wrinkles! People will say, “Well, with hi-rez video, you have the OPTION to fuzz or not to fuzz.” But of course, maybe, having spent a tenth of the money, you can afford to take the time to bring out the best from your imperfect video. Otherwise, you may spend all your time earning money to pay for your “perfect” video. Not that any video is anywhere near perfect, of course.

The folly of modern man is to fall in love with an item he doesn’t really need, and then wrack his brains trying to find some dubious rationale for buying it. That’s the cart before the horse, for sure. And, that same fool will buy a product with a “better spec” which may do a much worse job than the lower-spec item he’s got. I must admit, I fell into that one myself. I am the not-so-proud owner of a 1080p LCD monitor that delivers a picture maybe one quarter as good as my Sony CRT. Such are the dangers of tech-idolatry!

Amadon