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Posted by blackburst@aol.com on 05/16/06 14:49
Bible John wrote:
> Anyone seen them? What I have seen so far have told me that MiniDV is the
> best. Who wants to pay $200 for a 2GB SD card only to capture 40 minutes of
> video? Heck even my analog VHS-C unit is better.
>
> It looks like I will stick with this one for awhile. But with MiniDV units
> dropping in price, perhaps I might want to buy one someday. It would be
> nice to capture the better quality, and be able to transfer my videos to my
> computer. Video capture cards seem to cost more than a new camcorder (thats
> a USB/Firewire device, since my ibook lacks a PCMCIA slot).
I have to buy for a 10-year period for a small TV studio, and I just
came back from the NAB show in Las Vegas. I picked up some clear trends
there:
Forget analog; Digital, and specifically SDI and MPEG-II are here to
stay. If you buy anything new, make sure it is compatible.
Very soon, Standard def will be a thing of the past. EVERYTHING was Hi
def out there, and it will be upon us, a necessity, at the lower levels
within about 4 years.
And tapeless is the way it's going, period. (In audio, you almost can't
buy tape any more, and the tape reps say that will happen with
videotape, too.) The idea of P2 cards is their REUSE. You pay big
bucks, you shoot pristine video, you drop the card in an NLE and edit,
then you reuse the card. If you want to save your footage, you dump it
into a server or onto tape.
I was all set to build a DVCAM operation, but now I have to find a
tapeless solution. One Maxell rep said: It's coming: Get on the train
or get out of the way.
Prices will drop to our level.
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