[Andrei Bocharnikov]

wow… it is good to know.

we have one offer for $5100 without P2 cards. you think it is scam?

Andrew

[Andrei Bocharnikov]

and what is better looking convert: from PAL HD to NTSC SD or NTSC HD to PAL SD? i mean where i will struggle more with frame rates.

thank you, Noah
Andrew

[Andrei Bocharnikov]

ok, thank you again.

— What problem i could meet because of frame rate difference?

— what is better to downconvert to SD format. we need it both NTSC and PAL DVDs at the end.

Andrew

[Andrei Bocharnikov]

thank you, Noah.

further questions:

— is it problem to convert NTSC HD footage to PAL HD and is it necessary at all?

— what is the best or most used format to put HD to DVD? is it BlueRay or HDDVD. Is it problem to play NTSC HD on PAL HDDVD set-top player. Is there any HD set-top on the market?

Andrew

[Andrei Bocharnikov]

[Karl] “Sorry Andrew the HVX can only shoot SD DV25 to the DV tape.”

hmm… it looks quite expansive toy… how many P2 card comming in-box with HVX and what capacity? is it available now to by separately and for what price? Is firestore or any comatible firewire HDD solution available to buy right now?

thank you Karl, Graeme, Toke and Barry for your quick response and help.
Andrew

[Andrei Bocharnikov]

[Karl] “It all depends on what you want to do, will you be shooting variable frame rates for slo-mo? Will you be filming projects the require hours of footage (if so the HVX might not be the best option with it’s expensive storage medium).

HVX can not shoot pregressive HD to DV tape? As i heard it can nicely store 720p directly to tape. If so, it is quite enough for us to start with HD.

[Karl] Do you want interchangable lens (the canon)?

do not think so. it is too expensive.

[Karl] Unfortunatly there isnt a One camera does everything solution; certinaly not in this price range; so you have to decide what you’ll mainly use it for and go for that. If youre main use is constant switchability between NTSC and PAL in SD, then the HVX would be the wrong choice.”

We do not going to do film-out.

Mainly we want to make DVDs and digitaly project video. That is why we do not want to shoot SD and interlaced. It was enough experience with it and right now we want to step it over. So much quality and color loose with deinterlacing business. Also SD resolution is not enough to get real picture quality on DVD or digital projection. It looks bad even when we project DVCAM footage.

Andrew

[Andrei Bocharnikov]

Thank you very much, Graeme, Barry and Karl

I have to digest everything you wrote.

Meanwhile i would like to explaine the situation once again. We going to buy HVX200. Only shop we found to be able to ship the camera to us is one in America and it has only NTSC cameras. We planning to shoot only progressive HD format and our short documentaries are going to be PAL and NTSC, because afterwords we send it to Europe countries and America (same video).

So, from one point it is the same if we shoot PAL and then convert to NTSC or we shoot NTSC and then convert PAL. But… i am not sure if quality after converting from NTSC to PAL is not worth then opposit conversion.

Also, if someone knows any shop, hipping PAL HVX cameras right now, please let me know.

Andrew

[Andrei Bocharnikov]

Karl,

thank you for your reply. we are producing for europe and america and here is other question what conversion maintains better quality: PAL to NTSC or NTSC to PAL? It means if we buy NTSC HVX and then convert it for PAL it the same or better to have PAL camera and convert it to NTSC. what is better to shoot originally – PAL or NTSC?

Andrew

[Andrei Bocharnikov]

As I heard that by aquiring with HD i can easily deliver images for PAL and NTSC (SD or HD) TV broadcast market. So, why then they call cameras as PAL or NTSC? Please help me to understand it.

thank you,
Andrew

[Andrei Bocharnikov]

[Bill Stephan] “It’s quite possible that the replicator you are using is not licensed to use CSS, and they just want you to delete CSS from the project so they can do it on the cheap.”

it is huge company “iDEA MEDIA SERVICES, LLC” and they have such license for sure. The have no experience with DDP Image on DVD-R with CSS. They explained me that they do replicate from DDP Image but without CSS, and with CSS it is first time they meet and not successful to load it at all.

They need help.

Andrew