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Posted by doc on 06/22/06 04:41
yeah, especially considering that they do all this HD work and cost and then
dump it to a dvd and get a 720 mpeg2 picture. so what did they put all the
money in the HD for?
drd
"Steve Guidry" <steveguidryrem0veth1s@earthlink.ditnot> wrote in message
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> Yeah, yeah, yeah.
>
> I've been hearing the same ol' tired refrain about HD since 1991 or so.
> In
> fact, the first NAB I went to - - in 1985 - - featured an HD prototype
> transmission/reception setup.
>
> But when I talk to real engineers at real TV stations (in non-top ten
> markets) , they've _all_ told me that they plan to keep their analog
> gear
> for its full duty cycle. Sure, they've added a digital router layer to
> the
> plant, and they plan to add digital and even some HD stuff as the old gear
> breaks, and they plan to air the network's HD stuff (only because they
> have
> to do it) as it comes down the satellite, but if you think HD is soon to
> be
> everywhere, then boy are you deceived. I'd even go so far as to say that
> people who believe this line are just the kind of chumps that
> manufacturers
> LOVE to see coming down the trade show aisle.
>
> Make no mistake, real HD (as opposed to this HDV bastard child that's so
> popular right now) _IS_ closer to widespread use than it's ever been.
> But I'm not selling the farm until it I have to do so, OR until my
> customer base demands it. And, oh, by the way, Mr.. blackburst, when
> did
> you ever have a client tell you, "I'd do this project with you, AND
> spend
> an extra 50% for it if you _just_ had HD" ? Maybe yours are ready to
> do
> that, but I'm not holding my breath here in East Texas.
>
> I hope this doesn't come off as a personal attack, because I don't mean it
> that way. I just get damn tired of manufacturers who told me all too
> recently, "buy this, it's great" now acting like it's no longer worth a
> plugged nickel.
>
>
> --
> Steve Guidry
> Video Works, Inc.
> Live events for TV and Video
> www.videoworksinc.com
> 800.844.4404
>
>
>
>
> <blackburst@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:1147790989.078813.48130@y43g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> 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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