http://bssc.sel.sony.com/Professional/markets/promotions.html

I will leave it to others to speculate on what this might signify (if anything)...

Oh thanks for that! Now we'll have reams of speculation until whatever is going to happen, does. :-))

Hey, don't shoot the messenger! ;-) Now how long was it from the time when Canon announced the rebate until the introduction of the XL-2? A little over 6 months maybe?...

Figures- everytime I buy a cam it seems within 6 months they offer a rebate.

It happens so often I'm starting to think I can *control* when they give rebates for any given camera.
Anyone want a rebate on a specific camera?...Let me know, I'll go buy it...wait 6 months and you'll have your rebate. lol


Seriously though I think it's a little too early for a 170 replacement. Maybe they wanted to boost sales- though I could be wrong- the 170 isn't really a "new" camera to begin with- it's the 150 w/ tweaks.

Still going to wait for their HDV model

dave

Glen! Please! Buy an XL2!!! :)

Yess!! C'mon Sony! 16x9 & 24p! SD is not dead baby!

*L*

I whole-heartedly agree...a native 16x9 chip and 24p would be great. If anything HDV is dead...or should I say not "alive" yet. Until the masses (clients) have a way to view the final product it's not worth going HD yet.

But wait, there's more.

As I discovered at NAB and MacWorld this year, B&H runs specials for shows that it attends. With WEVA going on in Vegas this last week, I wondered if there were any specials available so I tried some experimental surfing on the B&H site. Sure enough, there are some specials and the PD-170 is among them, $200 their regular price. With the rebate, that's a $500 savings!

So I bought one.

You can too. Go to:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/weva (sorry, can't remember the syntax for properly posting a url)

<<<-- Originally posted by Glen Elliott : I whole-heartedly agree...a native 16x9 chip and 24p would be great. If anything HDV is dead...or should I say not "alive" yet. Until the masses (clients) have a way to view the final product it's not worth going HD yet. -->>>

If it weren't for the slightly inferior MPEG2 compression, I'd consider capturing in HDV and still delivering SD for a while. But I'd not pay much of a premium for a HDV camera.

Why isn't Hawaii & Alaska included in this promotion? Aren't we part of the US? What the hell? Or am I reading this wrong?

Paradise always pays more! :-))

Anyone remember how long after they had rebates for the pd150 that the pd170 appeared?

Was there a rebate on the 150? I don't remember one....

Wow, the PD170 for $2699 at B&H after the Weva discount and mail-in rebate. That means you could get it and the Century Optics 16:9 adapter for a total of $3400. Not too shabby.

Then you would have two adapters since the PD170 comes with Sony's best one.

The sony comes with a WA, not the 16:9 adapter.

Duh. I guees Evelyn Wood speed reading doesn't work on email.