HVX on BH Photo at DVinfo.net

Andreas Fernbrant · April 23rd, 2005, 05:59 PM

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/cont...=381410&is=REG

Link to B H Photo - $9995 - it has to be with a lot of P2 Cards I hope?

Chris Hurd · April 23rd, 2005, 06:17 PM

That would be with two 8GB cards. Can't believe they're taking pre-orders this early!

Peter Jefferson · April 24th, 2005, 01:26 AM

I can, hell this thing is gonna be HUGE!!!!!!

Barry Gribble · April 24th, 2005, 03:54 AM

They aren't taking pre-orders... just "Notify me when..." notes. My guess is that they put the $9995 number on when the price was listed as <$10,000 and they haven't updated it based on the NAB announcement.

Jan Crittenden Livingston · April 24th, 2005, 04:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Barry Gribble

They aren't taking pre-orders... just "Notify me when..." notes. My guess is that they put the $9995 number on when the price was listed as <$10,000 and they haven't updated it based on the NAB announcement.

True, but then it is Passover. I am a little surprised that they made sure to have something up before they left, which was before NAB. They are a marketing machine, I will give them that.

Best,

Jan

David Mintzer · April 24th, 2005, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Peter Jefferson

I can, hell this thing is gonna be HUGE!!!!!!

Huge? I doubt it until memory cards come way down in price. For an indie documentary producer 16 minutes aint going to do it. It might work for people with a decent budget who are doing fiction films where they can constantly download the cards to their harddrives.

Kurth Bousman · April 24th, 2005, 01:25 PM

Jan - this looks like you guys had more cards in your hand than you were showing- You had to have had ready more than a nonworking model prototype at nab, if you're delivering a product in sept. Why didn't you show it ? From being a prototype building engineer for 9 years , this sounds like there's a problem - I hate to be the fly in the ointment. Just one of those purely intuitive guesses and can be filed accordingly. Otherwise , it's a beautiful camera and if it does what it says , even if it's a little late , you'll steal the market for the next two years , minimum - worth it's price , even at 10k. Kurth

Daniel Broadway · April 24th, 2005, 02:50 PM

How many minutes of 1080 24p can you get with 2 8GB cards?

Barry Green · April 24th, 2005, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Kurth Bousman

Jan - this looks like you guys had more cards in your hand than you were showing- You had to have had ready more than a nonworking model prototype at nab, if you're delivering a product in sept.

They're following the exact same release schedule as they did for the DVX100. I'm sure somewhere deep in the bowels of Panasonic there's some sort of engineering mule that may be even partly functional, but until it's ready to show, they won't show it. They'll unveil footage as soon as it's available, which will probably be in summer, then they'll show the camera at various trade shows like DV Expo and WEVA and wherever else happens to coincide with when the camera's ready, and then they'll have it in the stores in 4Q (which won't be September, it'll be October at the earliest, and perhaps as late as Dec. 31).

They did this before, with the DVX, and the camera was everything they promised it to be and a huge hit.

Barry Green · April 24th, 2005, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Daniel Broadway

How many minutes of 1080 24p can you get with 2 8GB cards?

16 minutes, maybe a little more.

Dan Euritt · April 24th, 2005, 04:16 PM

we should be grateful for the early heads-up on this camera, instead of dissing the delivery time... how would you feel if you got suckered into buying hdv, because you didn't know what was coming down the road from panasonic?

i don't care if it takes a full year to deliver this camera... and if i need more recording time, i'll just wait until a hard drive solution is ready.

Laurence Maher · April 24th, 2005, 10:28 PM

Now wait a minute,

The B&H thing says that it records to HDV?

Luis Caffesse · April 24th, 2005, 10:56 PM

That's what it says, but they're wrong.
This camera will not record HDV.

A lot of people seem to be assuming that it's an HDV camera,

I guess it's kind of hard to wrap your head around DVCProHD 1080 & 720p for under 10K.

David Mintzer · April 24th, 2005, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Luis Caffesse

That's what it says, but they're wrong.
This camera will not record HDV.

A lot of people seem to be assuming that it's an HDV camera,

I guess it's kind of hard to wrap your head around DVCProHD 1080 & 720p for under 10K.

No, thats easy to wrap my head around--its the storage costs that is difficult to wrap ones head around.

Greg Harris · April 25th, 2005, 05:45 AM

what the hell kind of price is that. That's INSANE!!!!! How do you guys offord that, you must BANKKKKKKKKKK from doing whatever you do. Oh, and it's pointless without HD DVD burners ect......

April 23rd, 2005, 05:59 PM	#1
Andreas Fernbrant Major Player Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Sweden - Helsingborg Posts: 283	HVX on BH Photo http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/cont...=381410&is=REG Link to B H Photo - $9995 - it has to be with a lot of P2 Cards I hope?

April 23rd, 2005, 06:17 PM	#2
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April 24th, 2005, 03:54 AM	#4
Barry Gribble Major Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 817	They aren't taking pre-orders... just "Notify me when..." notes. My guess is that they put the $9995 number on when the price was listed as <$10,000 and they haven't updated it based on the NAB announcement. __________________ Barry Gribble Integral Arts, IMDB

April 24th, 2005, 10:56 PM	#13
Luis Caffesse Major Player Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 704	That's what it says, but they're wrong. This camera will not record HDV. A lot of people seem to be assuming that it's an HDV camera, I guess it's kind of hard to wrap your head around DVCProHD 1080 & 720p for under 10K. __________________ Luis Caffesse Pitch Productions Austin, Texas

April 24th, 2005, 01:26 AM	#3
Peter Jefferson Inner Circle Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Aus Posts: 3,884	I can, hell this thing is gonna be HUGE!!!!!!

April 24th, 2005, 01:25 PM	#7
Kurth Bousman Major Player Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: san miguel allende , gto , mexico Posts: 644	Jan - this looks like you guys had more cards in your hand than you were showing- You had to have had ready more than a nonworking model prototype at nab, if you're delivering a product in sept. Why didn't you show it ? From being a prototype building engineer for 9 years , this sounds like there's a problem - I hate to be the fly in the ointment. Just one of those purely intuitive guesses and can be filed accordingly. Otherwise , it's a beautiful camera and if it does what it says , even if it's a little late , you'll steal the market for the next two years , minimum - worth it's price , even at 10k. Kurth

April 24th, 2005, 02:50 PM	#8
Daniel Broadway Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alabama Posts: 165	How many minutes of 1080 24p can you get with 2 8GB cards?

April 24th, 2005, 04:16 PM	#11
Dan Euritt Trustee Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Carlsbad CA Posts: 1,132	we should be grateful for the early heads-up on this camera, instead of dissing the delivery time... how would you feel if you got suckered into buying hdv, because you didn't know what was coming down the road from panasonic? i don't care if it takes a full year to deliver this camera... and if i need more recording time, i'll just wait until a hard drive solution is ready.

April 24th, 2005, 10:28 PM	#12
Laurence Maher Join Date: May 2004 Location: denton, texas, usa Posts: 416	Now wait a minute, The B&H thing says that it records to HDV?

April 25th, 2005, 05:45 AM	#15
Greg Harris Major Player Join Date: May 2004 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 356	what the hell kind of price is that. That's INSANE!!!!! How do you guys offord that, you must BANKKKKKKKKKK from doing whatever you do. Oh, and it's pointless without HD DVD burners ect......