[Kyle Self]

Jan,

Sorry if I was unclear, my reply was “something like the SPX 800”, I understand it will need an HD chip set and the ability to record DVC Pro HD. The HVX while nice is not going to fit the bill for some of the program production I have coming up, and the budgets are not going to be big enough for a Varicam. I know JVC has a full size HDV Camcorder coming thats supposed to be in the $20,000 range. Thats not going to be my first choice if I can avoid it. I am trying to see if Panasonic might have something for those of us in the middle range sometime in the near future.

Thank you for your patience and time

Kyle

[Kyle Self]

Jan,

That doesn’t really help. We have a Varicam and the HVX. What about the rest of us in the middle? What are the chances that we are going to see something along the lines of the SPX-800 with an option to record DVC Pro HD, sometime in the near future?
Thanks,

Kyle

[Kyle Self]

Thank you Michael,

I figured the interface would mostly be the same, but I thought gradual changes over the years might have added up to a big difference for me now. It got where I could fly in with my new footage, get it cut, added into the show, get the show out to tape (in the middle of the night most often), and then drive it to the air cargo terminal to get it off to replace the one airing, all in my sleep, lol.

Thanks for the help

Kyle

[Kyle Self]

Note— it says 37,000 HDV Products delivered to customers, not 37,000 units sold. Marketing speak, they count the units they have sent (and are sitting in warenouses) to people like B&H as units delivered. Who really knows how many have been sold.