Shining Citidisk…

[Chris Borjis]

I have not, but i’ve always thought that lady bug DV device
was cute.

[Paul Chiappini]

Received another message from them — haven’t determined pricing yet. I hope it’s comparable to their DV and HDV products.

Paul

[Jp Driscoll]

Did they say when? Curious to know if it will be out before the Firestore.

Thanks,

JP Driscoll

WDAY TV
Fargo, ND

“Television! Teacher, mother, secret lover.” ~Homer Simpson

[Harry]

Does anyone have any further news about availability/release/pricing?

Thanks

Harry

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

Hi,

I am going to direct this back to Paul. I have been over to the City website, and I find nothing that confirms that they will be supporting DVCPRO HD. Do you have a specific link?

Best,

jan

Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50, AG-DVX100
Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems

[Ron Shook]

Harry,

[Harry] “Does anyone have any further news about availability/release/pricing?”

Oops, sorry, I forgot to say something about this. When I talked to Jan about this, she said that Panasonic hasn’t heard word one from this company about their doing a companion product to the P2 camcorders, so it looks like Paul or his source jumped the gun and we shouldn’t expect anything very soon if at all. She did mention another similar company who is in contact with Panasonic but the name escapes me.

Ron Shook

[Paul Chiappini]

I emailed Shining via an email link on their website (cwang@shining.com). Received the following response:

“Current CitiDISK HDV would only work for DV50 mode, we are working on the DV100 support for HVX200 now.”

Their pricing on current products looks to be much better than other companies.

HTH,
Paul

[Barry Green]

[Ron Shook] “She did mention another similar company who is in contact with Panasonic but the name escapes me.”

Was it nNovia perhaps? I’ve heard nothing but great reports about the nNovia QuickCapture, so if they’re developing a product for the HVX that would be most interesting.

Shining may have low prices, but I haven’t heard too many positive reports about the product reliability. They OEM the CitiDisk under other brands, including the ADS Pyro Drive and the MCE QuickStream. There were a flood of negative reports about the QuickStream when it first came out. I’ve shied away from any Shining product since then; if they’ve got a good handle on QC then their pricing will be most tempting, but if the reliability issues aren’t sorted out then it wouldn’t be a good idea no matter how low the price is.

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[Ron Shook]

Barry,

[Barry Green] “Was it nNovia perhaps?”

Gosh, I don’t know. I suppose it could have been, but I’m afraid I was thinking of something else by then. Sorry

Ron