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    $1499 list.

    That's bound to go down in the months ahead.

    Jerry

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    Circut City had one of these in the Sunday paper for $999. It appears they lack 1394 ports so its only analog in for recording :-(

    --wally.

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    • #3
      I think that the philips one has better specs. A little more expensive but does have Firewire.

      paulw

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      • #4
        Wally,

        Surely it has at least an analog S-Video port... I hope.

        The Panasonic Web site information is so sparse.

        Could you tell from the ad you saw?

        Jerry

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        • #5
          I just e-mailed Panasonic's consumer division about this unit a few days ago asking why no firewire. If I could burn a DVD directly to one of these from my timeline without having to go back through the camera I would probably buy one now.

          From what I have read this unit makes nice DVD's. One individual said he could not make a distinction between the 2 hour "SP" mode DVD-R he burned on it and the DV master tape. It's got AC-3 audio compression and the whole process is hardware based so very fast.

          I could forget about the firewire-in if the price on this continues to drop. Already the DMR-E20 can be had for less than $800 on the web. It's amazing how well manufacturers like Panasonic have got their resellers backs when it comes to published list prices. $1499, huh?

          You could probably find some detailed spec's on these at a site such as www.crutchfield.com
          Last edited by dchip; 11 December 2001, 22:36.

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          • #6
            Hi all,
            i think that there is a big difference between the Panasonic and the Philips DVD-recorders. It has to do with the media that each one uses; Panasonic uses DVD-R and DVD-RAM (very incompatible with dvd players) while Philips uses the new media (format) DVD+RW and DVD+R (to come early next year). According to Philips DVD+RW(R) is supposed to have the best compatibility with existing DVD-players but this remains to be seen. A link about DVD+RW is http://www.dvdplusrw.org/
            mits,
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            • #7
              These things describe the recording as "Studio Quality" but also says they use "Hybrid VBR Technology." Wonder what that is?

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              • #8
                "Studio quality" may well mean they're using MPEG-2's 4:2:2P@ML Studio Profile. This is a 4:2:2 broadcast quality profile as opposed to the 4:2:0 used in most MPEG's.

                This profile is also one of the the main features in Ligos's GoMotion Pro SDK. GoMotion Pro is supposed to offer realtime MPEG-2 capture at higher quality than DigitalS or DVCPRO50. This makes me think they want to make a move on DV as a camcorder data format.

                Hybrid VBR changes the VBR settings scene-by-scene using a feature called "Visual Modulation". Think of it as a smart VBR.

                Dr. Mordrid
                Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 12 December 2001, 10:58.
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