Sorry bobcat56458, I didn't want to be rude (that's why I put a lot of smilies behind my statement). However when you say that this is an amateur DV forum (you're right), then you can't constantly demand professional standards from your amateur equipment... It appeared like this to me, so I wanted to point out you are right with your quality demands, on a professional level
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I'm as amature as they come So I looked up the MSW-900P at B&H. $39,000.
Oh My God! Is the 4:2:2 really worth it? How bout HVR-Z1U for a mear $4k? I'm not really up on the specs of HDV but this really seems out of wack!
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The camcorders are in totally different leagues - the MSW-900P is a pro shoulder mounted 2/3" 3CCD. These camcorders are always horribly expensive, no matter what tape format they are. Quality differences are mostly the lenses, the 2/3" chips, the higher robustness - but almost nobody could afford something like this privately.
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Did it wind up catching on? Know it had good reviews a few years back, but hadn't heard anything. Doing a quick google couldn't find anything really recent?
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I know that the German station WDR has just replaced all their Beta SP equipment with Sony XDCam, it's MPEG IMX on cartridged Blue-Ray DVDs. I think this one is catching on because of the tapeless recording.