Posted by Toby on 09/25/05 09:57

"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xpr7t.net> wrote in message
news:11jbcii718seg73@corp.supernews.com...
> blackburst wrote ...
>>I run an access studio. The Board of Directors is making overtures
>> about going tapeless. This is workable in some ways: Playout will be on
>> server. "Live to tape" shows will be ingested straight to server. Shows
>> edited on NLEs will be dumped straight to server. Stuff in the remote
>> truck can be recorded on a hard drive and dumped to server. (Archiving
>> of all shows will be on DVD.)
>>
>> The problem is acquisition. I can get cheap, easy to use and great
>> quality DV cameras for $300 apiece. Is there a cheap, easy to use
>> tapeless camcorder? Not DVD camcorders- they are write once, aren't
>> they?
>>
>> Of course we'll have tapeless pro camcorders for staff and experienced
>> volunteers, but what about non-techies who want a mini camera?
>
> IMHO, at this particular point in the life-cycle of digital video,
> the economies of scale have not reached the point where we can
> expect to see hard-drive camcorders at a consumer level.
>
> I can't think of any good technical reason why Sony or Panny or
> somebody couldn't make a camcorder with a place to plug in a
> laptop hard-drive (in lieu of a mini-DV tape transport). But they
> apparently think there isn't a large enough market to develop a
> product like that. Too bad, IMHO.

Panasonic is going the flash memory route with P2, but it's not really
economical yet. However Samsung just announced single 4Gb flash memory chips
using a 50nm (I believe) technology, so it is on the way.

Toby

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