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Posted by Steve Guidry on 05/16/06 18:48
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.
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Steve Guidry
Video Works, Inc.
Live events for TV and Video
www.videoworksinc.com
800.844.4404
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> 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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