Old vx-700 as playback deck? at DVinfo.net

Reid Bailey · August 15th, 2004, 05:25 PM

Some one gave me an old Spny VX-700. Is there any reason not to use this as a playback deck.
They never want it back and my primary camera has much better sspecs so I don't intend on using to shoot.
And although it seems pretty straight forward am I missing something that would/should prevent me from using it as a dedicated deck?

Jesse Bekas · August 15th, 2004, 08:52 PM

As long as the tape transport is in good working order, it has firewire out, its firmware is compatible with your firewire controller (it should be), and you record and playback in SP mode, it should work fine as a deck.

I think you'd do better though by selling it for $500-ish (maybe higher), and buying a new cheapo MiniDV cam (I think Pana has one going for $285 and under now...PV-GS4?). There's a VX700 going for $800 on Half.com right now.

August 15th, 2004, 05:25 PM	#1
Reid Bailey Major Player Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fredericksburg, Va Posts: 220	Old vx-700 as playback deck? Some one gave me an old Spny VX-700. Is there any reason not to use this as a playback deck. They never want it back and my primary camera has much better sspecs so I don't intend on using to shoot. And although it seems pretty straight forward am I missing something that would/should prevent me from using it as a dedicated deck?

August 15th, 2004, 08:52 PM	#2
Jesse Bekas Major Player Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, USA Posts: 572	As long as the tape transport is in good working order, it has firewire out, its firmware is compatible with your firewire controller (it should be), and you record and playback in SP mode, it should work fine as a deck. I think you'd do better though by selling it for $500-ish (maybe higher), and buying a new cheapo MiniDV cam (I think Pana has one going for $285 and under now...PV-GS4?). There's a VX700 going for $800 on Half.com right now.