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Archives 3
NEW 2000 Concept
Camcorder
What you see here is
not "exactly" what you see
HERE...
Also read
"Just In" below Holiday Price list.
December 1999
End of an Era
HOLIDAY
PRICE SCHEDULE
E-Mail Me for these products,
their contacts & toll free phone numbers.
Please let me know if you are NTSC or PAL
based. Only PAL with Analog
Inputs are priced...
| Product
ID NTSC(USA)/PAL(Europe) |
MSRP | chuckmeister price | price.PAL D/A.I&O | Remarks |
| LaptopVideoEditor
Vaio PCG
"XG9" Wall Street Special Coming Very Soon. |
$4,299.00 SpecialOrder $3,999.00 |
$3,295.00 $2.999.00 $2,199.00 |
same same same |
500Mhz,IEEE,28GB
500MHz, CD-RW! 500MHz, DVD, 14" DVD-RW ! |
| DCR-PC100/E DCR-TRV1000/E EZ30U/DX100 AG-DV2000 XL-2/XL-2E EZ50U/DX-2000 |
$2,099.00 $2,699.00 $3,995.00 $3,995.00 $4,800.00 $2,999.00 |
$1,625.00 $1,999.00 $1,695.00 $1,999.00 $3,600.00 Not Yet! |
3319 au P.O.R. 2829 au 2980 au . . . |
1m HAD 1 CCD 3CCD,Mega Chip 3CCD, Skin Tone! DV VCR - SP & LP Lenses/TFT/Mega 3CCD/Mega Chip |
| DCR-TRV10/10E DCR-PC300/300E GL-1/XM-1 |
$1,699.00 $2,699.00 $2,699.00 |
$1,399.00 $1,999.00 $1,999.00 |
2619 au P.O.R. 4000 au |
Hot Shoe,A/D Input 3 CCD Mega
Chip 3CCD, A/D Input |
| ELURA/MV-20 PV910 Ultura DCR-PC3/PC3E DVL-9700 |
$1,799.00 $1,399.00 $1,499.00 $2,199.00 $1,995.00 |
$1,299.00 $799.00 $799.00 $1,999.00 $1,295.00 |
.No
A/L In No A/L In 2770 au e-mail |
NTSC
Analog In 18X/Sharp Image Shoe, Optics, Stabilizer Zeiss, MemStk, A In JVC Firewire |
| GV-D900
DVCR GVD1000 DVCR DVMC-MS1 DVMC-DA2 JVC Dual DVS1 DR9 dual new |
$2,099.00 $1,999.00 $899.00 $699.00 $3,199.00 $4,299.00 |
$1,499.00 $1,399.00 $499.00 $385.00 $2,899.00 $3,299.00 |
pass pass N/A N/A N/A N/A |
Prtbl.
w/5" LCD dual I/O remote Codec/MemStk Codec D/A I&O mini DV/S-VHS dual deck wLanc |
Our Friends at
Pioneer have reinvented the Wheel. Hold onto your
wallet, it's gold
plated! Hit Perry's link & read all about
DVD-RW
Sony, Canon
and Pana will wait for their dealer 2000 new product
shows in First
Quarter on new roll outs.
They lately have been
having little
private shows off the convention floor to show the real
new products. Apple,
Intel, IBM, JVC... they all are doing this now.
Going to CES? THEN
do not expct to see all there is to see... HINT.
Heads-Up...
we got the IBM 25GB HDD in. If
you have the 14"
chuckmeister Video
Editing Laptop model you can fit two in along
with another 10GB.
If you bought the
over sized 15" unit it will take only One 25GB.
HERE
500 Pentium Thin Light weight units are in as well...
This "Just
In"... Yes there certainly WILL be a 1
GB Memory Stick
but,
the Concept Camera above will HAVE to be modified with
more than just
a FireWire/iLink
in order to work video. However,
for the many
of you that have F505s or want it, you
may want to
know this...
Audio will come into play big time at the 64MB level!
PC100 First
Owners
Reports
AlohaTo
All... Please note:
This page will take some time for some of you to down load
especially, if you have not taken advantage
of ANY of the
recent offers for free 500 MHz Wintel or Apple Computers
tied with Internet or phone service. Just go ahead and
start
reading while your computer catches up, which
could take
as long as 7 minutes just to get ALL the pictures &
images...
Go HERE
for Full Streaming Video Editing
Solution in a Laptop.
NOVEMBER
1999
Instead
of mini DV tape...
Mini
Disc MD!
I would not hold my
breath as most competitors
here in Tokyo were not
impressed, especially with
only a few minutes of
video able to be recorded!
It
is November 1st and I have sad news to report on the computer front.
We now have over 14 computer
companies announcing they have either
Firewire built in or Firewire 2-Go
card or the Ratoc PC card. None of these
Laptops it seems have given my New
York City TV production crews or motion
picture industry types, real
time error free or drop frame free streaming video.
These units will be alright for
daddy and kids little league or daughter's recital;
but they won't hack weddings,
corporate users or the real world of money making.
The chuckmeister unit unfortunately
is still the only one "That Works!" Including...

Two More Sony entries...
Sony
will announce at COMDEX and begin to ship
two very important changes
to their Laptop line up.
They are the First to
Feature the new Mobile 500MHz
Pentium III fast
class Coppermine processors with the
Windows 2000 Beta3,
a new larger HDD with 18GB
replacing the 8.1 currently
their largest, 256MB Ram, a
DVD player on board a
6 pound 1.6" thin form factor
and also introduce their new
CD-RW burner unit as well.
New XG9 13" XGA
features a programmable jog dial &
the new F-390 has the
15" XGA super screen. Prices are
around $3,400
and $3,600
respectively. Posted 10/ 24th.
Warning
Sony
& I didn't say these unit world NOT drop
frames!
OCTOBER
1999
PC100 Shipping!
It
is October 24th and THREE of the dealers on the
list that
I e-mailed you all, have started
shipping PC100's TODAY!
It is now Friday 29th
and 7 of the 8 leads I
e-mailed you
have received their PC100. Told you they were
in customs
last week and they would be in your hands
this week. Now
go tell all those chat rooms THEY WERE ALL
WRONG!
And remember, even Sony was not here for you
either...
1st PAL
PC100Shipments
in Customs
Nov 3rd & deliveries
November 5th!
YES... with both analog
& digital in!!
info
here
PC Richards got in a total of 20 for the entire chain!
Talk about scarce...
First Shipments of Sony DCR-PC100 are now taking
position orders. Over 6,000 of you who have
e-mailed
me for first deliveries, Supplies are very short.
$1625
NTSC for USA!
$2085 PAL with Analog In!
e-mail me or
click picture below for 4 page brochure

with the Metal Lens hood, 4MB mem stick, mem stick
reader,
RS232 cable, CD Computer Capture software, standard
"M"
series battery (same found on TRV10), "Hot"
shoe, "0" LUX
with Night Shot, Laser Link IrDa, SXGA picture
resolution.
OK, Same Goes for the Pana 3CCD Digicam
$3995
for Only $1695
chuckmeister special
Pana has said that this is a Limited Time Offer...
EZ30u
package comes with Wide angle lens, filter kit & remote
A Special note on the Canon GL-1 deliveries... they are
running behind at the plant in trying to fill the USA demand
and to get the prices here, you HAVE to wait till a shipment
arrives from Canon distribution and not wait till they are
all cleared off the dealer shelves...
HOLIDAY
PRICE SCHEDULE
E-Mail Me for these products,
their contacts & toll free phone numbers.
Please let me know if you are NTSC or PAL
based. Only PAL with Analog
Inputs is listed...
| Product ID | MSRP | chuckmeister price NTSC | price.PAL D/A.I&O | Remarks |
| chuckmeisterVideoEditor
Vaio "Z" 505 Wall Street Special |
$4,299.00 SpecialOrder $3,999.00 |
$3,295.00 $2.999.00 $2,199.00 |
same same same |
DVD,Firewire,60GB,
CD-Rom! 128MB DVD, 14"XGA,128 |
| DCR-PC100/E DCR-TRV1000 AG-EZ30U/DX100 AG-DV2000 XL-1 AG-EZ50U / XL-2 |
$2,099.00 $2,699.00 $3,995.00 $3,995.00 $4,800.00 Late.1999 |
$1,625.00 $1,999.00 $1,695.00 $1,999.00 $3,600.00 Not Yet! |
3800 au P.O.R. 2829 au 2980 au . . |
1m HAD 1 CCD Analog In/Mem Stick Best Image & color DV VCR - SP & LP InterchangeableLens Skin Tone Feature |
| DCR-TRV10/10E DCR-PC300/300E GL-1/ML-1 |
$1,699.00 $2,699.00 $2,699.00 |
$1,399.00 $1,999.00 $1,999.00 |
2619 au P.O.R. 4000 au |
Hot Shoe,A/D Input Mem Stick,
3 CCD 3 CCD, A/D Input |
| ELURA PV910 Ultura DCR-PC3/PC3E DVL-9500 |
$1,799.00 $1,399.00 $1,499.00 $2,199.00 $1,995.00 |
$1,299.00 $799.00 $799.00 $1,999.00 $1,295.00 |
. . .
|
Analog
In/Sharp Image 18X Optical Zoom/ Shoe, Optics, Stabilizer Zesis, MemStk, Inputs JVC Firewire |
| GVD900
DVCR GVD1000 DVCR DVMC-MS1 DVMC-DA1 JVC Dual DVS1 Sony Dual D700 WV-D9,000 dual WV-D10k dual DR9 dual new |
$2,099.00 $1,999.00 $899.00 $699.00 $3,199.00 $3,399.00 $3,599.00 $3,999.00 $4,299.00 |
$1,499.00 $1,399.00 $499.00 $385.00 $1,899.00 $2,199.00 $1,999.00 $2,499.00 $2,499.00 |
Prtbl.
w/5" LCD dual I/O remote Codec w/MemStk Codec D/A I&O mini DV/S-VHS DV w/ VHS DV w/ S-VHS DV w/ S-VHS dual deck wLanc |
I am HERE
& Looking forward to seeing you
all at
Videomaker Expo
Sheraton, Meadow Lands
NYC
Last Day Saturday Sept.
25th
Please join Matt
York (Videomaker Founder) & I today...
I'm located
between JVC and Canon
NEW THIS YEAR...
Hands on the new
improved GL-1 at the Canon Booth
Improved Model NOW
Shipping!
Can change color
temperature & focal Sharpness...
Has new Intelligent
Audio circuit for AGC issues as well...
ALL 8 color pages of brochure has been here
for two months.


Hands on the NEW Sony
PC-100
Doubles from 330k to
690k Effective Pixels for professional results!
First Look
Uses TRV10 Battery,
Intelli Hot Shoe, Movie Mode, true 16X9
Comes with Special Mem
Stick Reader, RS232 Cable & Software CD!!
ALL 4 pages of official Sony USA
English NTSC model is HERE.
Hands on the new
Pana 3CCD PV-DV950
Now get Pana EZ30u
version 3CCD Camcorder for
Amazing $1695
with Pana DV VCR AG-DV2000 at $1999 HERE.
JVC new shoulder
mount 3CCD Interchangeable Lens
for $4,999
LIMITED TIME (due to climbing Yen)
My Thin Video
Editing Laptop for either NTSC and PAL
being Demonstrated with
full Screen, Full Motion, specs
HERE.
SEPTEMBER
And Thank You for visiting
with me here in the islands.
This page may take awhile to
do download, just start reading...
This is what I gathered
from the Vegas show August 19th.
Big changes for the new models
for the New Millennium.
Sony will replace the PC1 with
the PC3 except in the USA.
We will get the new
professional camera chip Hyper HAD
1 million CCD starting (again)
with the PC line and then we
will migrate to the TRV or
Traveler Line and finally the 3CCD
models TRV1000 replacing
TRV900 and the Elusive VX2000!
TRV10 will go to the
TRV200 and the TRV900 to the TRV1000
and the PC100 to the 3 CCD
DCR-PC300. This will include the
new Memory Stick form factor
without a dongle dangling (a la
TRV900). Zeiss lenses remain.
New audio has been promised on
the 3CCD and that can migrate
down to the 1 CCD line up.
This seems to have forced
Canon to already adopt Analog inputs
and this will be quickly
followed by Pana, Sharp and maybe JVC.
The memory chip business is
going strong in Japan with Sony, JVC
and now Pana. Sharp &
Canon are now predicted to follow with
the new XL-2 and
NV-DX1000/EZ50u. The Japan CES show this
November in Tokyo Bay will
have all the new 2000 year models.
Canon will show,
demonstrate and let show visitors have hands
on the new IMPROVED model of
the GL-1...
JVC says they have a
surprise for the $1999 3CCD price point
to match the new Sony TRV-1000
and Canon GL-1. The Canon
GL-1 is getting its make over
and some features are being
updated and even corrected
prior to production. First GL-1's
are to be available 20th
September. E-mail me for first dealers.
Street price for the new
Mega Pixel DCR-PC100 is $1499, not bad!
Street Price for the Improved
GL-1 is $2099 dropping to $1999......
Street Price for the new
DCR-VX2000 is... maybe $4999 depending...
Street Price for the new
thinner better GVD-1000 is $1499...
Street price for the new Canon
XL-2 is about the same as VX2000...
XL-2, DCR-VX2000 and
PV/NV2000 should all be seEn here
by January 1st and all three
will have USA prices for me by
November 1st. My PAL
units with Analog and Digital Inputs
all working with a shipping
date and street prices by December.
Interchangeable lenses,
increase Audio control and multiple
INTERCHANGEABLE modules to go
from mini DV to standard DV
will be some of the major year
2000 features. The change over
to Zeiss, Canon and Fujinon
pro lenses will follow with these
new Super HAD type 1 Million
Pixel CCD chips.
I forsee the following
shake down and sorting out.
The Digital8 toys will be sub
$500 street...
The 1CCD mini DV cams
will be about $999 street...
The first tier 3CCD palm size
around $1999 List!!!!
The second tier mainstream
Semi Pro 3CCD DV $3999 - $4999
About the G-4 Macs that
come out Sept 1st... They may not
ship until October. The 16X9
screen is only 5 grand! Talk
about Apple never being
too cheap... The Laptop G-4 with the
new OS-X should be a contender
and we will run reviews here...
NOTICE: Reports of problems
with G4 Work Stations & Final Cut!
Hope this news is not
coming too late and sorry it took
so long for me to get around
to posting this.
Now back to that Mai Tai
and hammock here at
the Royal Hawaiian Hotel....
your der islandmeister here
ALOHA
AUGUST!
3CCD Pana Still $1195
hurry!!!
Bad Boy'S of the Month
CLUB...

Specs and details, double click picture.
Aloha from the sands of Waikiki
The current USA model DCR-PC1 has been replaced worldwide
by the DCR-PC3 which may arrive here 1st quarter Year 2000.
OR
maybe not here at all!!!
I say may as it may be out dated by then! At the WEVA show we
were briefed on the DCR-PC100 million pixel professional CCD
chip that we can expect to be in all camcorder models and eventually
brands with the consumer advent of high definition TV. Look for
this new technology in the new DCR-TRV200 and 3CCD models
DCR-TRV1000 and VX2000. This will increase the bar on all
models for sharpness, color saturation and detail definition.
And as Promised Here is
Your Pamela Poster
FIRST Look GL-1
Brochure
Click
Picture for ALL 8 Pages
&.
ULTURA BROCHURE
Pages One - Four
I really do not know how you people get through all
this stuff I have put up here!
Story behind the new Pentium 600MHz and Celeron 500MHz... HERE.
PAL & NTSC Sony PC3 & PC100
with
ALL Inputs
(Analog & Digital)
Factory Fresh w/Sony Guarantee...
SHIPPING
20th October!
Pana introduces their take on the new Sony
PC3!


This be the Year 2000 new 1CCD Pana PV-C3
Specs linked from here.
Price is cheaper than Sony PC-3.
So, We now have 3 Flash memory card systems;
Sony, JVC & Pana!
Who's next... Canon XL-2? Depends on the damn
VX2000 ever getting here!!
Speaking of 3 CCD. The next year PC-300 will be world's
smallest 3 CCD.
VX-2000 and Pana DJ200 and DX2000 should be
rumored any time Novmber!
Pana has a couple of new DV VCR's for me to
sneak peak this month!
Sony has replaced all 3 of their Double Decks
with Year 2000 models...
e-mail
me for US location.
New Prices 2 Hr Pana & 2 hr Sony mini DV
Tape & 270 min Sony DV Tape
e-mail
me & Stay Tuned...
Summer Prices on Some Hot
Little Numbers...
Part DEUX!
E-Mail Me for these products,
their contacts & toll free phone numbers.
| Product ID | MSRP | chuckmeister price NTSC | price.PAL D/A.I&O | Remarks |
| chuckmeisterVideoEditor Vaio
"Z" 505 Wall Street Special |
$4,299.00 SpecialOrder $3,999.00 |
$2,895.00 $2.999.00 $2,199.00 |
same same same |
DVD,Firewire,14GB,
CD-Rom! 128MB DVD, 14"XGA,128 |
| DCR-PC100 DCR-TRV1000 AG-EZ30U/DX100 AG-DV2000 XL-1 AG-EZ50U / XL-2 |
$2,699.00 $2,699.00 $3,995.00 $3,995.00 $4,800.00 Late.1999 |
$1,699.00 $1,999.00 $1,695.00 $1,999.00 $3,600.00 Not Yet! |
3800 au . 2829 au. . . . |
3CCD, Mem. Stick Analog In/Mem Stick Best Image & color DV VCR - SP & LP InterchangeableLens Skin Tone Feature |
| DCR-TRV10/10E DCR-PC300/300E GL-1/XL-1 |
$1,699.00 $2,699.00 $2,699.00 |
$1,399.00 $1,999.00 $1,999.00 |
2619 au P.O.R. 4000 au |
Hot Shoe,A/D Input Mem Stick,
3 CCD 3 CCD, A/D Input |
| ELURA PV910 Ultura DCR-PC3/PC3E PC100/PC100E DVL-9500 GRDVM70u |
$1,799.00 $1,399.00 $1,499.00 $2,199.00 $1,899.00 $1,995.00 $1,995.00 |
$1,299.00 $799.00 $799.00 $1,999.00 $1,599.00 $1,295.00 $1,145.00 |
. . .
|
Analog
In/Sharp Image 18X Optical Zoom/ Shoe, Optics, Stabilizer Zesis, MemStk, Inputs 1 million HAD CCD JVC Firewire A PC1 with Mem Stick |
| GVD900
DVCR GVD1000 DVCR DVMC-MS1 DVMC-DA1 JVC Dual DVS1 Sony Dual D700 WV-D9,000 dual WV-D10k dual |
$2,099.00 $1,999.00 $899.00 $699.00 $3,199.00 $3,399.00 $3,599.00 $3,999.00 |
$1,499.00 $1,399.00 $499.00 $385.00 $1,899.00 $2,199.00 $2,599.00 $3,199.00 |
Prtbl.
w/5" LCD dual I/O remote Codec w/MemStk Codec D/A I&O mini DV/S-VHS DV w/ VHS DV w/ S-VHS DV w/ S-VHS |
JULY
We have lots of breaking news coming this
week end!
FIRST PD-100A Models Shipping... New
Specs
FIRST USER REPORT OF SONY PC-3
Despite what anyone tells you, we have been
shipping
PC-3's for weeks with another shipment leaving today!
Specs now are going up at link sony.htm...


Breaking News!
Look at these camcorders closely...
do you see 3CCD's? YOU WILL...
DCR-PC300 &GL-1coming
before year's end!
For details & specs go to Sony
& Canon...
AND this Saturday (24th): First Photo's &
Specs!
Yes...
we still have PC Card with dual Firewires
Yes...
we still have 4 pin to 6 pin Firewire cable!
Yes... we still have PAL
Cams w/ DV & Analog Inputs!
Yes.. we still have "chuckmeisterLaptop
Video Editors"
Interested? Show
me the Money! Just kidding.
ALOHA
FROM PC-EXPO IN N. Y. C.
Thank You for visiting with me and my toys and watching
the 14" & 15" portables in action with the new Intel
400MHz .19 wafer thin Coppermine Class chip. These are
now shipping with full editing packages. E-mail
Me.
Sony FLASH...
NEW PD & VX2000 News Here!!
New Firewire PC Card (w/4pin &
6pin) Here.
DVD-RW Has Arrived!
Sony DVD-RW was shown here at PCExpo with October
Shipping Date!
Fits in your hand w/Firewire!!
If you can not make the show, I have a great
tip & surprise for you.
You may want to read and I encourage
you to buy
the new August
CAMCORDER MAGAZINE
I am literally all over
it. From the cover banner on my
little Vaio,
to making Laptops edit video, to convergence,
Firewire and the future
of video. To see our credit in print... try
the top of page 51
for starters!
June
BEHOLD the Rain of
Products for the
new Millennia...
New 3CCD Prosumer Line for the Year 2000
should be here November 1999!
Stop the Presses
Pana 18x DV PV910 hits $799!
EZ30u 3CCD $1195 One Month Only...
Canon to Match... New Ultura
also $799!
Just Look at my Summer Hot Little Price Chart
below...
I warned all of you HERE
TWO years ago...
NOW; 16th June 1999 DIVIX is DEAD!
"TOLD YA"...
Celeron Processors were NOT designed
for EDIT Streaming Video. NOW they Can!
Especially the new Merced 500MHz +
New Laptop
PII 400 CAN, and is
Up-gradable to Coppermine 600MHz!
New Canon DV Camcorder for Year 2000
ULTURA...
will replace failing Obtusa & Disfustusa!
Will somebody please shoot the computer spitting out
these names..
DVMC-MS1 now available
for
$499.00
plus shpg. & hdlg.
includes new Remote &
Memory Stick!!
Memory Stick 128k Shown & 256k
announced by Sony!
Videonics MXProDV with Firewire... Finally!
Sony Joins Pana 1 year later and
Rolls out 2
hour mini DV Tapewith
IC!
OK...Let's Talk about all this stuff
coming out...
VX2000, Laptops with Pentium 600,
DVMC-MS1, etc...
Hit this Link below

At over 500 e-mails a day, it is a wonder anything gets
put up here!
Elura/PV1Vs
PC3Vs
GRDVM-70/DVX Vs
C1...HERE!
TRV10
Vs DVL7/9500 Vs
Canon FV1 Vs
PV910...HERE!
TRV900
Vs
EZ30 Vs XL-1
VsPD100...HERE soon!
HERE also soon!
XL-2 Vs VX-2000
Vs JVC DV500 Vs
EZ50/DX500...

New PCG-L620 with 500MHz, 128MB, 13GB HDD
Two i.Link (4pin & A 6pin) IEEE1394 coming this
Fall...LATE!
U.S. Source for Eye Trek Finally!...Here!
Source for Stereo 6 head PAL with NTSC
Multi-System VCR with 3"LCD
TV
Take a sneak peek...
SPECIAL!
BOTH WV-D10,000 and WV-D9,000
SONY DUAL DECKS FOR $1,000 OFF CURRENT SELL
PRICE!...
DVMC-MS1
with Memory Stick; First Time Anywhere...
ALL
HERE NOW!
OK, All My Computer Video Editors or Wana-bee's...
The latest Vaio Firewire "Z", F-200
Series, XR Note & PictureBooks
...HERE!
BUT,
We Have A chuckmeister
Summer
Special!
Found a Six
Pound 1.6" Thin Laptop
14"
XGA / DVD
/ 400MHz
PII / 8MB
VRam
and it can be UP-GRADED soon to...
Coppermine Pentium III 500MHz!!!
Has Up To 38GB
of HDD storage & 384MB
Ram... Optional!
56k
LinkSys modem & Dual USB &
YES, FIREWIRE!
All for under $7,000 or $5,000 or $4,000 or
even
uh just ask me...HERE!
all THIS and More for the month of June...
Summer Prices on Some Hot
Little Numbers
E-Mail Me for these prices,
contacts & toll free phone numbers.
| Product ID | MSRP | chuckmeister price | Remarks |
| VAIO
C1X Z505 PCG-F290 |
$2,299.00 Special Order $3,299.00 |
$2,495.00 $3.299.00 $2,999.00 |
All.haveDVEditing,
Firewire, CD-Rom! DVD, 14/15"XGA |
DCR-PC300 |
$2,699.00 |
Pending |
3CCD, Mem. Stick Analog In/Mem Stick Best Image & color DV VCR - SP & LP Interchangeable Lens Skin Tone Feature |
| DCR-TRV10 | $1,699.00 | $1,399.00 | Hot Shoe/Analog In/ Zeiss/Mem Stick |
| ELURA PV910 Ultura PC3 DVL-9500 GRDVM70u |
$1,799.00 $1,399.00 $1,499.00 $2,199.00 $1,995.00 $1,995.00 |
$1,299.00 $799.00 $799.00 POR $1,295.00 $1,145.00 |
Analog
In/Sharp Image 18X Optical Zoom/Price Shoe, Optics, Stabilizer Zesis, MemStk, Inputs JVC Firewire A PC1 with Mem Stick |
| GVD900
DVCR DVMC-MS1 JVC Dual DVS1 Sony Dual D700 WV-D9,000 dual WV-D10k dual |
$2,099.00 $899.00 $3,199.00 $3,399.00 $3,599.00 $3,999.00 |
$1,499.00 $499.00 $1,899.00 $2,199.00 $2,599.00 $3,199.00 |
Port.
w/5" LCD Codec w/MemStk mini DV/S-VHS DV w/ VHS DV w/ S-VHS DV w/ S-VHS |
Wedding & Event Videographers
Convention at
Bally's Casino Elite Booth 16
thru 19th August...
Hawaii from July 26th to September 26th
Videomaker at the Meadow Lands NYC in September...
DVExpo San Jose in October
InterBee "Japan CES" in November
Thanks for
Visiting the Air Show and your interest
in all my new
toys... ie these
goodies for the 1999 holidays!


VX-2000 w/ lenses left, Mem Stick Codec center, PC-3 Zeiss w/ Mem
Stick/Nite Shot/AnalogIn/touch screen/etc...
Here's 15" DVD, 4X CD-RW, Vaio
"Z" and new F-200
My Laptop Video Cam was capturing my crowds. Here DV Raptor & Thin
Speakers with GVD-900
Click the Airshow posters BELOW for close ups
and more of my neat toys!
MAY
For all those of you who
missed me @ NAB

You are hereby invited to a
Free Armed Forces Day AirShow
Drag your reluctant
Spouse and tell the kids it is like Disneyland with Noise!
Sat 15th May "Blue
Angels" & Army "Golden Knights"
for the Delaware Valley
(Philly to NYC) at Dover AFB
Free Admission, Program
& Free Parking all day
(DAFB is only 20 minutes from I-95 on a 4 lane divided
highway)
We are in the Main Exhibits Hanger Along With
the Fuji Film Booth!
Click here
for Tips on How to Take an Airshow Video
What to Bring,
What to Wear and Where to Shoot....

Sunday 16th May
"Thunderbirds"
Washington DC all day
Andrews AFB Joint Service
Open House Free, Free & Free Also
(AAFB is ONE minute from I-95 on the
DC beltway on Maryland side)
Bring your DV camcorder and
Edit hands-on our DV Laptops
there will be experts here
and iLink cables to hook up your
Pana, JVC, Canon & Sony
DV cams plus Free Battery Charging!
I'll
be at SUNDAY's Airshow Andrews AFB!
We're Next to the Stealth
Helicopter in Hanger #2
Look carefully, I'm the 47th from the right waving my chuckmeister hat. Took
this with my Vaio Laptop...NOT!
Also on display will be
the new TRV10, Elura &
PV-DV950
We HAVE an AirShow
Special from Sony!!!
AND YES, I will have my
Sony DVMC CODEC
& my HUD "Eye
Trek" Goggles up & running
on my PictureBook looking like Apple's
"Lombard"
Also
I will have the
Thin as Air
Computer speakers that are the size,
shape and weight as a piece of Card board. . .
Do you need a source for
6pin to 4pin FireWire
cables??...
source is at the show...
I ALSO have the state-ot-the-art
Quad speed CD-RW
with 6 hour
battery, Firewire
& is the size of two jewell cases stacked!!!!
That 's 4X
by 4Xby
20X
. . .all simply amazing!


Thin As Air speaker
left and Thin Is In Quad
CD-RW writer right;
a 74 min CD can be written
in 15min in a plane doing 400mph @ 35,000ft!!
Some of this has just got to be
seen to be believed!
I will be posting scenes from the AirShow
as captured by my Laptop built-in Video
Cam...
ViVa Las Vegas... It's NAB and so it's
APRIL!
Breaking News
SONY
TRV10for
$1399
Now!!!
OK, we NOW also have
PAL TRV10 and PAL
Digital8 with
ALL INPUTS
Operating !! I am there will be NO PAL Codec!
I married Eye Trek to my DV Laptop
& created a 'HUD' @ NAB!
That's military for Computer Heads
Up Display!!
I was holding court all day from morning till...
well morning! This place never sleeps.
You'll see
Cyclops & DV
Laptops Elura & TRV10, XLR adapters,
Eye Trek, EZ50U & GVD-900 DigiCam head.
AND NOW About the NAB
convention in Las Vegas
and all of you that came to meet me...


View from my Vaio PictureBook Laptop at NAB!
Spring Prices on Hot Numbers
E-Mail Me for these prices,
contacts & toll free phone numbers.
| Product ID | MSRP | chuckmeister price | Remarks |
| VAIO
C1X Z505 PCG-F190 |
$2,299.00 Special Order $3,299.00 |
P.O.R. P.O.R. P.O.R. |
DV
Editing
Firewire
Laptops DVD, 14.1"XGA |
| DCR-TRV900 AG-EZ30U AG-DV2000 XL-1 AG-EZ40U |
$2,699.00 $3,995.00 $3,995.00 $4,800.00 August 1999 |
$2,077.00 $1,750.00 $1,750.00 $3,800.00 Not Yet! |
Analog In/Mem Stick Best Image & color DV VCR Interchangeable Lens Skin Tone Feature |
| DCR-TRV10 | $1,699.00 | $1,399.00 | Hot Shoe/Analog In/ Zeiss/Mem Stick |
| ELURA PV910 Vistusa PC1 DVL-9500 GRDVM70u |
$1,799.00 $1,399.00 $1,499.00 $2,199.00 $1,995.00 $1,995.00 |
$1,399.00 $999.00 $1,399.00 $1,499.00 $1,495.00 $1,145.00 |
Analog
In/Sharp Image 18X Optical Zoom/Price Shoe, Optics, Stabilizer Zesis, Shoe, Stabilizer JVC Firewire A PC1 with Mem Stick! |
| GV-D900 DV
VCR DVMC Codec JVC Dual Deck Sony 2 Dual Decks |
$2,099.00 $499.00 n/a n/a |
$1,499.00 P.O.R. P.O.R. P.O.R. |

NAB Highlights
Monday 19th April Sands Convention
Center....
Pana and Sharp roll out NEW Camcorders
to replace
PV910 and PD1. I have pictures and
specs this week!
And "Can You Believe This?" dept...
JVC is bringing still Another PC7 to market... the DVX7(GRDVM-70u)
And yes it has Firewire BUT also a Sony
looking Memory Stick!!
(I got pictures, specs and tons of details here very soon)
Sony to have PC1 replacement
with analog inputs late 1999!
TRV200 to replace TRV10 without
bottom loading in early 2000!
DCR-VX2000 to have modular
construction to include 5.5" screen!
(I know, we heard that before...
but this time Sony says "NAB 2000!"
They also say that the TRV1000 is the low
cost replacement for the VX1000!
Canon XL-2 no in 1999, Pana 3CCD Digicam
could be Aug 99!
called PV-DV950 (same as Europe DX100)
Wide Screen TV VCR with a DV deck to make Japan
appearance November.
All Sony Laptops to have Memory Stick interface...
and K7 may beat PIII to 500MHz in Laptop market 1999!
Booth next to me has Free
Computer when you get Internet!
Another booth here, the Y2K,
says to change your VCR's to 1972
as your VCR will think it's 1900...
Apple will sneak preview their G4
and I have been tipped it's not a Laptop first!
OK... IBM Rolls out our
HDD for Laptop editing Video...25GB
for $489 Nov. 1999!
We are talking 7200rpm w/2MB cache, 9.0ms
seek & 17.9MB/sec data transfer...
I will try and have with me at NAB a
NEW micro DVD/CD
player with Firewire!!
WoW! I'm Back from Hawaii so it must be ...
MARCH!!
|
SAY HELLO TO THE NEW
Japan KING OF THE HILL...
Z505
& TRV10
Z505 does some Video Beautifully... will release
in USA HERE.
I will have this and other Laptops with me at NAB
for you to get some hands on experience!
They both not only share a new Firewire S200 which
is faster, but they each have a slot
for 4MB to 64MB Memory Stick. PII 366MHz,
12.1" XGA screen, 440DX chip set,
192MB SDRAM but the 6.2GB HDD is a Toshiba option
only at the time of purchase,
Vaio's now is only .7" thick, 256k on die
Cache and a 100Base-TX/10Base-T Modem!
Laptop is 3.3lbs; 10.7"X8.9"X.7"
while the TRV10 is 1.7lbs; 2.7"X3.5"X6"
Let me know if my 4th grade cousin conversions are
correct! :-)
Here are some of my Meister Girls which are
a part of my Hard Working Island Video Crew...
Thanks Susan, Janeen, Sarah, TT, Karen, Peggy,
Nancy, Linda, Coleen, Marie & Everyone

Taken with my Trusty New C1 Vaio Laptop!
For the many of you that have e-mailed... If
you
have not received a reply... its lost! Please
Try again... Sorry
WHAT's NEW...
1. Went to the
1999 Sony New products show... saw TRV10 &
8... Ten is great!
No new DVCR's! TRV900, PC1
and GVD-900
stay for 1999. No double deck!
Sony Announced today in Tokyo NEW mini 120 DV tape wih 16k CM chip...
2. Went to Pana new products show for 1999...
PV910 is it and 80min mini DV tape.
No new camcorders, This means NO C1 or
C3 for USA...
but PAL Europe Does!
Pana Pro 3CCD EZ30U may
get replaced at NAB and the AG-2000 DVCR
stays.
3. Elura from
Canon beats out PC1...
Elura has
analog in and just as good picture!
4. JVC will not bring double deck to USA but new DVL7 is now DVL9500
with Firewire.
5. Sharp PD
Slimcams is still a novelty and competes
with the above badly.
6. Contact me
for PV910 under $999 with
18X optical lens, also for source for
Sony DV double deck WV10,000,
also for source Sony double deck
WV9,000.
7. Sony Codec
is still going strong and will work with computer boards. No
Eye Trek!
8. Vaio C1 PictureBook, 505Z
or F-190 will NOT edit Full motion Video E-Mail
Me.
Please Remember Special $1750 for Pana 3CCD and DV VCR ends April 31! ...maybe.
Gosh... and this is only Half of the news this month!
Anyone seen January or February laying around here anywhere?
DECEMBER
Merry Christmas from Tokyo!!
NEW SONY PCG-C1R ENHANCED EDITING LAPTOP
JAN 1999 USA RELEASE!
This Letter is going to take all weekend to put up... we have LOTS of
News...
JVC has intro'd a new Hi-Res Camcorder pictures and specs...
JVC intros New Dual Deck DV/SVHS for 1999 HERE!
Sony's National Roll Out of the DVMC will be AFTER First of the Year
MY USA dealers DO have supplies Of DVMC's
Please E-Mail me
if you want one of these CODEC's.
NOVEMBER...
I am now back after InterBee,
DVExpo and now Comdex,
I am afraid there is not much to
show...
no VX2000 (again!), nor XL-2,not
even an expected EZ40U/DX200...
but AROUND HERE, hope
springs eternal!
Sony DVMC-DA1 Arrives!
For the many of you that were not
even allowed to see the
brochure & specs... Front
side Back
side
See, I told you I would take care of
you guys!
P.S. Ignore the weight LISTED!
We now have inventories and Holiday posted prices on
the
PC1, TRV9, XL-1, TRV900,
GVD900 as well as accessories
and the Sony 2lb Firewire Laptop with
16 X 9 XGA wide screen,
USB and built-in Video
camera... e-mail
me!
| Product ID | MSRP | New Direct to You Delivered Price A/O November 1st | |
| VAIO C1 | $3,500.00 | $1,789.00 | Firewire Laptop |
| DCR-TRV900 | $2,699.00 | $2,077.00 | DSR-100 version $3,500.00! |
| DCR-TRV9 | $1,599.00 | $1,239.00 | |
| DCR-PC1 | $1,899.00 | $1,459.00 | |
| GV-D900 DV VCR | $2,099.00 | $1,599.00 | DSR-V10 version $3,000.00! |
October!
Sorry Gang, its been very hectic.
So much to report on when I get back to the states.
I have a picture and details on a new Pana mini DV
Walkman
that will go head to head with the new Sony GVD900.
Still no 120 minute DV tapes on the horizon for USA
MARKET
as they are STILL like hens teeth here in Tokyo.
Inventories will remain very low due to the dollar
plunge
& Japan not wanting
to raise prices hundreds of dollars on most DV equipment.
The Sony Codec is
expected to hit the streets
here next week as are a bunch of new ultra thin light
weight Laptops.
Some of you are experiencing an above normal rate of
equipment defects.
To eliminate hum in a DV camcorder,
switch the ALC in the menu off and use an off boardor
wireless mic.
TRV9 is suppose to be somewhat a noisy picture and
audio,
but not to the point
disrupting the on going recording
and with the XL-1 and
TRV900 and to a lesser degree the Digicam
YOU should have none of this if operating in a normal
set of circumstances.
More next week...
New Pana Three Chipper!


Above New DX200/PV950 Digicam Above Current Digicam
DX100/EZ30U
New F1.4 lens, 17X Optical, 5 hour Battery, RS232 port & New
stabilizer!
Unit marries into new DV VCR AG-2000 Edit Deck
with enhanced features...
Pana 1999 Series is HERE
first! Vaio C1
Laptop:16x9 screen, Firewire
&Video Cam!
My pick for BEST duo: TRV900
& GVD900
But you might want to see the
new DSR-PD100
Sony WILL
announce in Nov.
a $500 Analog/DV signal converter box

DVMC-DA1 CODEC
here are your specs...
Firewire I/O port, Two Y/C S-video ports (In & Out)2 RCA Video
analog ports
also (In & Out) 4 Stereo Audio jacks
left & right (In & Out)
12 bit or 16 bit Audio compatibleA/C is 6 volts
Weight is TEN (10) ounces 5" X 2" X 3.5" deep
Videonics will NOT
have their Firewire equipped MXPro in 1998!
But with the 3 CODEC's, you'll have a DV Firewire
MIXER!
New XL-1 Free Membership club @ 800 OK-CANON
Firewire PC Card (Sony CW-200) finally arrives!
PC-1 supplies (Batteries!) finally arrive stateside...
I now have a source forFirewire
Laptops
Direct from
Japan months before they are RELEASED here
& with US Warranty &
FedEx delivery.
Just got my new Pana DVD-RAM for my Vaio 505... WOW!
And then comes along Olympus with Eye-Trek
to take to DVExpo...
a 60" monitor
in a pair of futuristic chrome eye glasses!
Camcorders and VCRs| including new Pana
AG-DV2000, EZ50U and DCR-VX2000 :-)
I'm just a lil devil...MORE
SOON...
September 1998
TRV900 / PC1 / Pana & Canon
Too: are a shippin:
OK, TRV900
plays back PAL recorded tapes!
PC-1... Forget the
Analog Inputs, it is not going to happen.
Sorry Pana: DV910
is DOA but C-1 (Sony
PC1 look alike) is OK!
ditto Canon FV-