[Jan Crittenden livingston]

The HVX200A does not have the HD-SDI interface, but has the Tape Drive so it can also be used as a DV camera.

I look at the products as being primarily equal but they have differences that would make them ideal for the target customer. The 200 would appeal to the person that still has a lot of DV based customers. The 170 would appeal to the person that is sold on the P2 workflow and wants a smaller camera that offers HD resording. The 170 also offers the HD-SDI output so it could also be used in a live output scenario.

Hope that helps,

Jan

Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, HPX500, HVX200, DVX100
Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

You need to follow the instructions in my presvious email. This did not work.

Thanks,

Jan

Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, HPX500, HVX200, DVX100
Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

Short of matching by eye, I would suggest a vectorsope match. This vastly mor accurate than an eyeball view.

Best,
Jan

Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, HPX500, HVX200, DVX100
Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

[John Cummings] ”
From what I can gather here, on other boards, and by talking with fellow freelancers, it appears Panasonic is selling A TON of these HDX’s. If Panasonic is indeed committed to supporting their tape-based buyers, offering an affordble playback deck does seem like a slam dunk for sales…especially since it seems most deliverables ultimately need to be on some flavor of HDCam…not DVCPro HD.”

Unfortunately what it costs to make a playback deck versus a record deck, is so minimal. We did this in DVCPRO back in 1998, it was called the AJ-D220. It was about $400 less than the recorder. It wasn’t a big seller because most people though heck for $400, I’ll get the recorder. So I am not saying that the difference would only be $00 on an HD machine, but it wouldn’t be $5000 less, it might be only $2000 less. The stuff that is expensive still has to be in there.

So be assured the 900 is not going anywhere, and that tape continues to be a format at Panasonic. I did send your suggestions along to Meryl Altman the product manager.

Best regards,

Jan

Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, HPX500, HVX200, DVX100
Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

Hi,

This really isn’t my department, but send me an email with your issue in it and I will introduce you to that product manager. crittendenj at us.panasonic.com

Thanks,

Jan

Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, HPX500, HVX200, DVX100
Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

More than likely Brandon does not have a US warranty for $3600. You should expect to pay around what B & H is asking for a product that comes with a 16GB card and Barry Greens Book along with all of the standard accessoris and the US warranty.

I have tried to buy from some of these places and they have so many scams, one asked me if I wanted to have the lens included, and when I challenged them on the fact that the lens is part of the camera and cannot be taken off, they hung up on me. Another one did what Noah suggested, charged my credit card and then didn’t ship the camera. Buy from a reputable source.

Hope this helps,

Jan

Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, HPX500, HVX200, DVX100
Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

This will not work. The HDV device is sending out a compressed HDV and what the Panasonic wants to see at the 1394 input is DVCPRO HD.

Best,

Jan

Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, HPX500, HVX200, DVX100
Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

Hi,

This isn’t something that an update will resolve. Sounds like a piched cable or something like that. Contact Panasonic service. Got to http://www.panasonic.com, look for find service center, put in model number and zip code and you are on your way.

Best,

Jan

Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, HPX500, HVX200, DVX100
Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

Just to respond to the title of this thread, the HPX500s have not stopped shipping.

Best,

Jan

Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, HPX500, HVX200, DVX100
Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

[George Griswold] “5. 1. Clearly state support and ongoing production of DVCPRO 100 tape technology so others will not be fearful of investing in the HDX-900/ AJ-1400. A parallel marketing campaign for the tape based system does not have to undermine P2. .”

There is not an endless supply of money for advertising. The HDX900 is a well established product and any manufacturer will show that there is a null benefit in putting adverting out on an established product. I have another product in the line that has not seen an ad in 2 years, that would be the DVX100B. It isn’t going away soon either. I could point to the DVCAM product line, I haven’t see an ad for that or how about the DigiBeta product. The point is the HDX900 is not going away, and will continue to be sold for the very reasons that caused you to buy it over its P2 brother.

[George Griswold] “5. 4. Explore Disk technology and maybe (gasp!) license the XDCAM format because of its random access strengths and proxy file creation. I don’t think I will live to see this happen, but disks have the benefits of producing instantly deliverable shooting product with the benefits of P2’s random access. .”

Well we did explore the disk technolgies and we felt that there was not sufficient gain in reliability, flexibility or capacity to warrant the investment of time and R & D to make it viable. And the fact that the S company is now pursuing a solid state solution is an underwritng of that same conclusion. And for even thinking of using the XDCAM algorithm, that certainly isn’t an acceptable idea as if we had done that we would have mired ourselves into a very dated compression scheme in MPEG2 and would not have had opportunity to develop AVC-Intra which is a far superior algorithm that comes close to D5HD and it can record to P2 as well.

[George Griswold] “5. Make a P2 recorder like a Firestore drive that us HDX-900 owners could attach to the camera and record P2 files. .”

Why wouldn’t you just use the Firestore? It certainly would work just as you say and you certainly can attach it using the AWBMK-HD100 from Anton Bauer.

[George Griswold] “5. If we have lost the battle, this would let us preserve out $30K investment in the tape based camera. .”

You have not lost the battle, the 900 is here to stay.

[George Griswold] “5. I would bet that there are schematics for such a device in a file cabinet somewhere. If P2 is the future for Panasonic I see this as a moral imperative for its HDX-900 tape customers (Varicam has no Firewire). I envision a flat pack style (2X2) case powered from the camera and using the 1394 port for data. .”

This device is called the P2 Gear, model number AJ-HPG10

[George Griswold] “5. Those who want to archive to tape and have instantly available P2 media can have it both ways. Panasonic can still champion P2 and give us an option to boot. .”

The option is there now if you want it.

[George Griswold] “5. I want to say how happy I am with the HDX-900 (and SDX-900) cameras that I own. Customers keep calling for them, the menus (especially PAINT) are clear and powerful. They look great, are reliable, and have paid for themselves quickly. As we move ahead in acquisition technology every manufacturer needs to see the continuing need for a recording medium that we an pop out of a camera and hand to a producer, uplink facility or the FedEx guy.”

And all of this is why the HDX is staying in the product line.

Best regards,

Jan

Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, HPX500, HVX200, DVX100
Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems