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March 31st, 2007, 07:23 AM
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Best High Capacity Battery for the HVX200
I saw the Panasonic CGA-D54s with a price of £139 on one English website and yet when I googled this model of battery I seen it for £22-£25 on other sites.
What is the best Battery and what is the best price anyone on the net in UK/Ireland?? |
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March 31st, 2007, 10:24 PM
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i bought generic 5600 battereis from ebay for $80AUD and they outlast my panas by about an hour..
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April 1st, 2007, 11:25 AM
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These guys ship worldwide, I have six of them and they work great. They are around $30US...They are also rated 6000mah, but who knows there....
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April 3rd, 2007, 09:13 PM
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April 12th, 2007, 10:28 AM
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http://www.dolgin.net/battery.htm Seems like these generic batteries may bite into your business. For the money I think they are a deal. I did a basic load test on the generics I have (cost $30) and they lasted 240 and 260 minutes respectively. I did the same load test on my Panasonic battery and it lasted 280, better. I did the test multiple times. All batteries are similar in age and workload. Panasonic better ? I would hope so. Worth the difference ($70 or $90 vs $30) - No. They LOOK identical, my questions is - are they ? Does Specialized Communications make they own batteries ? In their back room ? Come on, we all know Specialized, DVXUSER, etc, all are just purchased generically somewhere and relabled with their label. ALL of these batteries, including the generics, have a ONE year warranty... My experience is that I can buy three generics for almost the same price as one Specialized or Panasonic and get almost the same usage. . .. |
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April 12th, 2007, 10:48 AM
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Ha Ha The reason is when we bought them we did not look for high capacity, but consistency; needed a lot of them to test the chargers that we make. Each charger needs 4 batteries, we test several at the same time. About 20% of them were sent back immediately as they did not test even to 50% of their label claim. 2 or 3 died early death after about 10 - 20 cycles. A few Sony style disintegrated within a week as their round shape contact pins got loose and popped out.
As far as the other brands, they are not the same. Lenmar has 3 years warranty for example, and while they cost more than the "EBAY" ones, they are much less expansive than the Panasonics.
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April 12th, 2007, 06:00 PM
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You can say what you will since you sell batteries but buying these things are like buying a pig in a poke. I dont believe -with respect to these type batteries - you always 'get what you pay for' - based on my experience.
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April 12th, 2007, 06:58 PM
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thing with battery life is that it all dependson yoru recording cariables.. LCD vs EVF, Auto vs Manual, OIS on or off, 25/24p or interlaced (yes this DOES effect perfromance... ie, CPU grunt)
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April 12th, 2007, 09:23 PM
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