Staring at my HVX200A at DVinfo.net

Barry Gribble · April 29th, 2008, 05:12 PM

Hey all,

So we won an HVX-200A for a film that we made (http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=120300), and we just got it today directly from Panasonic. Whoo hoooo.

The trouble is, we are probably going to sell it to get an HPX-500... so we don't want to open the box. Wow this is hard. We've heard so much good stuff about the camera, and we want to play with it... but it would probably cost us $500 in resale value to open the box.

SO... if anyone has any questions at all about the box that it comes in, I can answer them... it's brown... got some writing on it... what else do you need to know?

Monday Isa · April 29th, 2008, 07:17 PM

Is the noise of the box the HVX200a is in better than the HVX200 box (^_^)

John Bosco Jr. · April 30th, 2008, 12:55 AM

Is the box square or rectangular? What color is the writing on the box?

Jon Fairhurst · April 30th, 2008, 11:11 AM

They should have inked the box with glow-in-the-dark paint for better low-light performance.

But seriously, congrats on winning the 48!

Bob Woodhead · April 30th, 2008, 12:52 PM

I've heard that the 200A box has a non-standard aspect ratio.... what gives??

Robert Lane · April 30th, 2008, 01:09 PM

So have the moderator move this to "Private Classifieds" and you'll sell it fast.

And I agree with your choice to get the 500 instead; the 200A is only going to have better noise/sensitivity than the original 200 but not the major step-up in overall visual quality the 500 offers - not to mention crazy record times with 4 P2 slots.

April 29th, 2008, 05:12 PM	#1
Barry Gribble Major Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 817	Staring at my HVX200A Hey all, So we won an HVX-200A for a film that we made (http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=120300), and we just got it today directly from Panasonic. Whoo hoooo. The trouble is, we are probably going to sell it to get an HPX-500... so we don't want to open the box. Wow this is hard. We've heard so much good stuff about the camera, and we want to play with it... but it would probably cost us $500 in resale value to open the box. SO... if anyone has any questions at all about the box that it comes in, I can answer them... it's brown... got some writing on it... what else do you need to know? __________________ Barry Gribble Integral Arts, IMDB

April 30th, 2008, 11:11 AM	#4
Jon Fairhurst Inner Circle Join Date: May 2006 Location: Camas, WA, USA Posts: 5,513	They should have inked the box with glow-in-the-dark paint for better low-light performance. But seriously, congrats on winning the 48! __________________ Jon Fairhurst

April 29th, 2008, 07:17 PM	#2
Monday Isa Major Player Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: College Park, Maryland Posts: 913	Is the noise of the box the HVX200a is in better than the HVX200 box (^_^)

April 30th, 2008, 12:55 AM	#3
John Bosco Jr. Major Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Pinellas Park Posts: 232	Is the box square or rectangular? What color is the writing on the box?

April 30th, 2008, 12:52 PM	#5
Bob Woodhead Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 59	I've heard that the 200A box has a non-standard aspect ratio.... what gives??

April 30th, 2008, 01:09 PM	#6
Robert Lane Go Go Godzilla Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Scottsdale, AZ USA Posts: 2,823 Images: 15	So have the moderator move this to "Private Classifieds" and you'll sell it fast. And I agree with your choice to get the 500 instead; the 200A is only going to have better noise/sensitivity than the original 200 but not the major step-up in overall visual quality the 500 offers - not to mention crazy record times with 4 P2 slots.