Re: Is the HDX900 history?

[John Cummings] "
From what I can gather here, on other boards, and by talking with fellow freelancers, it appears Panasonic is selling A TON of these HDX's. If Panasonic is indeed committed to supporting their tape-based buyers, offering an affordble playback deck does seem like a slam dunk for sales...especially since it seems most deliverables ultimately need to be on some flavor of HDCam...not DVCPro HD."

Unfortunately what it costs to make a playback deck versus a record deck, is so minimal. We did this in DVCPRO back in 1998, it was called the AJ-D220. It was about $400 less than the recorder. It wasn't a big seller because most people though heck for $400, I'll get the recorder. So I am not saying that the difference would only be $00 on an HD machine, but it wouldn't be $5000 less, it might be only $2000 less. The stuff that is expensive still has to be in there.

So be assured the 900 is not going anywhere, and that tape continues to be a format at Panasonic. I did send your suggestions along to Meryl Altman the product manager.

Best regards,

Jan



Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, HPX500, HVX200, DVX100
Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems