Component capture

[John Mitchell]

Originally Posted by BT Corwin

As I said in previous posts...

Analog output doesn't work in HDV when set to auto or component, which is the one combo I'm interested in.

thanks,

Well that's not quite true - as both Barry and Stephen pointed out it does work in HD - your monitor simply isn't capable of displaying it.

There is another thread around here on HD monitor options.

As someone else pointed out a HD component to DVCProHD over firewire would be real handy..and BTW you don't need a Mac to capture that; a PC will work just fine.

[BT Corwin]

[QUOTE=John Mitchell]Well that's not quite true - as both Barry and Stephen pointed out it does work in HD - your monitor simply isn't capable of displaying it.

It would have been nice if the JVC manual described the outputs (on page 54) correctly.
They describe the composite/component connection. They do not mention that the component connection is HD when the camera is set to HDV playback and analog RGB when the camera is set to SD/DV playback, though once you know it, it makes perfect sense. It's very hard to figure out when it does downconvert and when it doesn't and how you can monitor that.

I'm certainly really glad to hear that the HD signal is available for recording!

Does anyone know what HD recording equipment uses 3 RCA connectors?
I've only seen that used for consumer HD televisions and DVD players.

And, it was another poster that commented on Apple laptops, I'm platform agnostic and own both :)

Thanks to all for clearing this up!

[Jiri Bakala]

Originally Posted by BT Corwin

Does anyone know what HD recording equipment uses 3 RCA connectors?

All you need is a BNC-RCA adaptors if you have a VTR with BNCs (like DVCPRO HD).

[Panos Bournias]

I spoke to Alphateck, the company that represents JVC in Indonesia. They do have the computer program and they do know the adjustments that have to be done for the split screen. They fixed in less than an hour a dead pixel that I had. I am going to fix the split screen thing on the 15th of this month.
Then I will let you know about the results.. By the way, I have some footage from 2 short movies from Korea that used the camera. I could post some stills but I would like to know how I should do this. My personal opinion is that the camera is really a professional tool. Even though the color defect of the lense obliges you to be very carefull with highlights and light reflections, the camera delivers very nice and sharp footage, nice colors and really impressive contrast and blacks. The ergonomics are really a pleasure for a camera at that price.
I got my self a pair of Inik batteries (Made in China), 14,4V 6,6 Ah (95 wh) and i think that i solved my energy problem. The camera balances perfectly with the extra weight of the battery.
We will start a big project on the 17th of the month for an Indonesian/Japanese Aluminum smelter project and a power plant located in Sumatra over the lake Toba.
Great Junggle views, rivers, water falls, wild life etc.
We will use two HD101E and we will shoot at 720 30p in order to work in FCP. I hope that it will be a success for us and for the cameras.

[John Mitchell]

Originally Posted by Jiri Bakala

All you need is a BNC-RCA adaptors if you have a VTR with BNCs (like DVCPRO HD).

Or an HD component to HDSDI converter for those decks that take SDI. AJA make one here:

http://www.ajavideo.com/hd10a.htm

and I'm pretty sure there's others out there from Miranda etc

Interestingly the HVX 200 will only record DV to tape. DVCPro, DVCPro50 and DVCProHD are reserved for the P2's although I believe Firestore will be marketing a hard disk recorder.