Posted by Rick Merrill on 01/12/11 11:54

B. Olson wrote:
>>Depends on how much you want to spend. I have a Panasonic WJMX-50 and
>>those are going for around $1500.00.
>>I have seen several WJMX-12's for MUCH, MUCH less. I had a 12 for
>>several years and it worked great for me.
>>Stay away from the Videonics MX-1 or even the MX-Pro. Pure junk in my
>>opinion.
>>Bob Ford
>>Images In Motion
>>www.imagesinmotion.com
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> I have heard this too, re the Focus Enhancement / Videonics switchers. I've been reading about a switcher that Datavideo makes
> but I have not seen one in person or being used. The Panasonic old switchers mentioned are a pain these days because you'll get
> glitches on each switch unless you hit a button or two before you make the switch. Hard to explain - but in other words, you have
> to do more than just hit one button from "Camera 1" to "Camera 2" to avoid the glitch. It's a royal pain. If you're using
> firewire, then you'd have to use new equipment. Panasonic makes a new digital switcher but it's very expensive

We run all input through a Hotronics frame sinchronizer. Therefore we
can use a simple snap action 3:1 coax switch and there is NO "glitch"
during the switch: simple and economical.

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