[Emery] "more interested in avoiding the DVCPRO HD codec"
No need for a hack/modification then. The HVX will output uncompressed video on its component outputs. If you have an uncompressed HD capture system, with the attendant RAID of hard disks and capture card etc., you could capture directly to computer and avoid the codec.
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