Bill Magac
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Try this Web site:
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Last November Canon announced the XH-A1S, an upgraded replacement for the XH-A1. A sales rep at Calumet told me Canon dropped the price of the XH-A1 in order to clear their exiting inventory. Canon’s press release for the new XH-A1S can be found at https://www.usa.canon.com/templatedata/pressrelease/20081105_xha1s_xhg1s.html
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I recently purchased a RCA brand VHS/DVD recorder at WAL*MART for $168.00. Put in the VHS tape and a blank DVD and press the “Copy” button on the front panel. Done. No computer necessary. I have been using DVD-R disks and have not experienced any problems. I have over 70 VHS tapes to copy. For me this was the simplest, cheapest, and quickest solution.
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Jan,
Does the HVX200 use eproms (electrically programmable read only memory) or proms (programmable read only memory)? Proms are not re-programmable. Re-programming eproms in-camera may be difficult. If major upgrades or bug fixes are made to the firmware, Panasonic should offer a factory upgrade option to HVX200 owners, rather than forcing them to buy a newer model of the camera. The HVX200 is a first generation camera. There are bound to be problems and subsequent fixes.
Mike,
Nikon camera firmware updates are available at “https://www.nikonpro.com/tech_updates.php.”
Scroll to the bottom of the page for D70 updates.Enjoy,
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At the DV Expo in New York, I asked Jan, the Panasonic rep, the same question. She said no due to the cost of flash memory. I told Jan I have a $700 Nikon D70 still camera that has flash memory and have installed two firmware upgrades to date.
I agree with you not having the capability to do firmware upgrades is a serious flaw in video cameras.
BillM
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As a PD-150 owner, I would recommend the Panasonic DVX-100A. It has much cleaner audio.
Regarding drop outs, buy the best professional grade tape you can afford. Stay away from the cheap consumer stuff. I’ve been using Sony DV-CAM tapes with my PD-150 and have never experienced a drop out problem. -
It appears the spec uses JPEG 2000 as the compression algorithm. Am I correct?
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This problem was brought up at Panasonic’s P2/HVX200 seminar last week at the DV Expo in New York. One person said they were able to solve the problem by installing a Unix driver for the laptop’s PCMCIA slot. Jan Critteden Livingston, the Panasonic rep, said the problem is an Apple issue and to contact Apple.
Good luck.