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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 GRD-VX7	$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 $1,999.00  $1,295.00 $1,145.00	.No A/L In No A/L In  2770 au e-mail   e-mail e-mail	NTSC Analog In 18X/Sharp Image  Shoe, Optics, Stabilizer Zeiss, MemStk, A In   JVC Firewire  Flash Mem Stick
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 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 $1,999.00  $1,295.00 $1,145.00	. . .  2770 au	Analog In/Sharp Image  18X Optical Zoom/ Shoe, Optics, Stabilizer Zesis, MemStk, Inputs 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 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	. . .  2825 au  2495 au	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...HERE!

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 DCR-TRV900 AG-EZ30U AG-DV2000  XL-1 AG-EZ50U	$2,699.00 $2,699.00 $3,995.00 $3,995.00 $4,800.00 NOV.1999	Pending $1,999.00 $1,750.00 $1,750.00 $3,600.00  Not Yet!	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.

New SONY Double Deck maybe NOT coming to USA; 
DV/VHS and I have a source at $1999  by March 
Notice I did NOT say S-VHS! 
PICTURES, Specifications, details HERE! 
How about 60 minute mini DV Tape for under FIVE bucks in 1999! 
Brand... Fuji 
The Pana DVD-Ram portable, Pana 120 mini DV tape, 
Eye Trek digital goggles, 
New FireWire Laptop from IBM! Apple G4!! and Toshiba 3 pounder 
ALL for -1999!!             
Camcorder Prices in November's Chart are STILL Good! 
XL-2, Digicam DX200/EZ40U & Sony DCR-VX2000 
will have to wait for NAB in April! 
Panasonic Editing DV Deck AG-2000 shipping @ $1895... 
Portable Pana DV deck like GVD-900 expected under glass Jan 8 at C.E.S. 
Hard to find accessories for PC1, TRV900 and underwater housings here... 
Brand New Laptop with Full Motion Streaming Video Editing! 
And it's only 
3lb,  inch thick, FireWire, 16 X 9 XGA Wide Screen 
and HAS A Video Camera in the lid 
EDIT Now ...Sony C1 Laptop   
specs HERE    order HERE  
 
Hit "Convergence"   to see
Actually Streaming Video 
On A Vaio Laptop! 

MORE GOOD STUFF AND NEWS HERE DEC 26 - 28TH...

             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-