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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-1 Futusa and Elura.
Also:Take
a peek at the new Trio Firewire's from Sony Vaio
JVC just about got the PC7 nailed
down,
only about 13 more incarnations to go
ought to do it!!
(They just decided to remove
the Firewire
again!)
3 New Sony DVCR's for 1999... WV-D 7 & 9 thousand
dual decks !
Word on the streets, here in
Tokyo is Pana or Canon
will be in a race to break ranks and
adopt a Sony feature:
Analog Inputs & PAL playback. My
bet is on Canon!
I am also looking forward to a multi
cam to appear
with full PAL &NTSC record &
playback capability
with jog shuttle on the remote!
Mini DV tapes are back on the shelves in Japan,
so I expect to see moreprice
reductions on tape.
Let me know if any of you see lower than $8.99!
Here Are Your FALLOfficial
Prices
Product ID Retail
Price New Direct to You Delivered Price A/O
1 Sept
MSP
DCR-TRV900
$2699
$2077
DSR-100 version $3500!
MSP
DCR-TRV9
$1599
$1239
MSP
DCR-PC1
$1899
$1459
MSP GV-D900 DV VCR $2099
$1599
DSR-V10 version $2500! DHR-1000
& PC10 both stay at old price
points... sorry!!
3CCD
Shoot Out
XL-1 vs Digicam vs
DCR-TRV900
More on the 1st of September... this
was just an early edition!
Aloha Gang It's
August 1998!!
I would like to recognize a contributor to a lot of this info to the "chickenman!
" Sony 3CCDTRV900
World's FIRST:3 CCD with ANALOG IN, Floppy Computer Disc
Sony 1CCD DCR-PC1
Zeiss lens, smaller,
less expensive and better than PC10 .
HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM...
Both units
are suppose to play back NTSC
and PAL.
Does the PC1 have analog in?
Japan specs: No..
The US PC-1 specs say
yes but first deliveries are sadly NO!
Gets Worse, we also can't
get the PC1 to play in PAL!!
ONLY TRV900 CAN PLAY BACK PAL.
Sony USA is researching these
discrepancies by Sept 1998..
AND these babies are Shipping
:AUGUST 1998!
TRV900
with floppy disk add on...
PC1
should have had S-video & Analog INPUTS!
BUT IT DOES NOT! Maybe the PC3
What is a PC3? I haven't a clue. Just heard it on the
Ginza!
ALL Four sides of TRV900 spec brochure are at
link!
DON'T Sell your TRV9 just Yet.
If it is an early model
you may get rich!
TWO FireWire Laptops
Have Arrived!! .
GVD-900 finally shipping!!
Comparison
DSR-V10 with GVD-900 $1599!
ALSO; Anyone need 60
min DV tape under $10.00?
Pana
120 min(LP) mini DV Tape NOT coming to
USA 1998
according to Pana USA! They say it will ruin your
camcorder...
I will try & find a US importer, but it
could run $$$ plus shipping...
This isn't easy!
Canon shows
Vistura 16X
Super Zoom w 2.8"LCD!
Pana showing
a squooshed PC10 like unit.
NV-C1
Yo, Europe!
Non
Euro Source for PAL with DV Inputs!
Factory Fresh & Factory Warranty & air shipped from
Austrailia
by bonded authorized dealer!!
Skip down below at what one of you said after
TRV9EN PAL arrived...
"A user's debriefing"
July 1998!
Happy Birthday to me...
Please download and PrintYOUR
free 1999
"Pam Reminder" Poster
Here's A site made possible through the Spirit of Aloha..."MONTANA"



Digital Matrix Test on Left,
GVD-900 & 120
min Tape
OK my DV-jedi's, the pictures will blow up for your
inspection and now the fun begins.
We have on the left the Sony Dual Deck DV/S-VHS VCR
& on the right ye
ole DHR-1000
DV VCR with an Analog TVCR in white in thecenter. On
topof the D10k is the TRV9
with all 5 A & D cables pluged in.The 2 tapes are
DV standard 180 min and XZ-210
(10 hr) S-VHS long play
tape. On top of the DHR is the
3CCD Digicam with all 5
Analog & Digital cables
pluged in. Tapes in theback are all Japanese models of 180 S-VHS.
On top of the white TVCR monitor is
another Digicam. In front center is the GVD-900
DVCR with Lanc, earphone & all
5 A & D cables shown.
The mini DV tape used
is Pana 120 min in LP
which is called AY-DVM80E
and is extremely hard
to find anywhere in Tokyo! It has the IC electric contacts
(because Pana's DV VCR AG-2000 will access cassette
memory like Sony)and is a
ME tape giving excellent results in LP for Camera
Original shooting! For you TRV9
owners and shoppers the TRV9 will take a DV signal in
& out put an analog on Both the
S-video and the RCA. IT will also take in
an analog & output a digital. Remember
S-video will take precedence over RCA when
both are an input signal (output:
everything works at once however). I
took a digital signal out (live or playback
no difference) and changed it to analog
& then changed it to digital & then back
to analog once more.
Unless I can be convinced
otherwise the Sony DHR-1000 Can NOT
recordin LP,
only play LP!BUT
the GVD-900 CAN play and record in
LP!!
"Where, How Much & for how Less 3CCD
Digicam?" HERE!

Digicam with XLR & base plate on left & 35'
Underwater&
All Weather Housing
with built in microphone on the right!
Grim look in Center is free... sorry
if my-a face break-a your monitor!
My
June 1998
Letter to all my readers...
I get well over 200, sometimes 250 e-mails a day.
A lot of you I have tried to
help guide you through the mine field
of DV Hype and Heresy. I have received
a lot of mail about the July
issue of Camcorder and in particular the
articles of Mark Shapiro.
First, I actually think it is great! No, I
don'tagree with him a hundred
percent, but I do appreciate him writing the way
hesees or experiences a
product, but I really appreciate it more his editor
letting it get printed. But,
I want my readers who are new to this field to
understandthis is only one
man's opinion which is why I did this web site. I get
no pleasure of ripping or
nit picking a company nor its products. If it has a
glaring omission that'll have
a bearing on the quality of the outcome of your video
then I rather be wrong in
saying that, than to keep silent and smirk to my self
"told you so."
I do not think the TRV9
or the Pana 3CCD is the world's greatest camcorder.
Yet! But,
I do think the PC10 has one of the best optics for its price &
category
but at the same time I
have some issues (and Mark repeats them!) with its nose
mic and unique battery
and an unbending viewfinder to name but a few. The new
PC-1 will answer a lot of these issues with a new
Sony battery, a smaller form
factor, CM, better Zeiss lens, on board Lanc/mic and
analog inputs. The XL-1 by
Canon when coupled with the EOS line is one of the
best 3CCD units on the market
for the Prosumer if you can call six grand and more;
prosumer. The TRV9 like the
VX1000 has merits that go beyond its shortcomings.
The 4 year old VX-1000 had
Firewire when not a single other camera on the market
did!
But, the DCR-TRV900 Beats the VX-1000 in every
category includio AUDIO!
Now... the TRV9 is the
1st Camcorder to have Analog & Digital inputs while the
TRV900 is the first 3CCD to have complete input
control which means youare
able to both use
archive old format tapes and edit with them without
having to go out and buy a
DV VCR either $4200 DHR-1000 or $1500 GVD.
MAY 1998
EDITING
mini DV
With the GVD-900
with its companion DSRM-E1
99 edit points/jog shuttle
editor, it too will be ground breaking. Although I do not
think $1700 for a VCR
is just peachy, it is a lot better than the $4199 Sony DHR!
At least with a
TRV9 you can finally digitize all your analog tapes. Rather than
just tear down a
product like JVC's lack of imagination for 3 years, because the
Firewire was a Sony
feature and they just would not "ever have it."
Then they bring out the DVL
& only have the Firewire Output with NO Input despite
the protocol is simultaneously
bi-directional, is got to be just ludicrous. I personally
like it when everyone
is making great units & it becomes a hard decision to choose
the right camcorder for your needs, especially at the
prices we are talking about.
Some of the points Mark
makes about the EZ30U are self serving & anadotal. You
can't go around &
say "why don't they make some good 3CCD camcorders for the
prosumer that we can afford" (& I
suppose he conviently forgot the MSRP of his
VX1000 was $4699 on intro and the XL-1 is not exactly
bargain basement) We're
talking three chip camcorders here Mark and I believe
you & I remember not too
long ago they ran the prosumer's 8 to 12 thousand
smackeroos (and sometimes that
did NOT include the lens!) and now Pana brings out
the FIRST small light weight 3
chipper to hit the market & you slam it for being
unstable, audio presets are only
available by way of the menu, focus rings are missing
some detentes, although it has
UV & ND8 filters, it does not have a contrast-reductionfilter"
(Then BUY ONE!),
or you can only fade to white. I'd rather
have audio presets in the menu than not
at all which is the case and MY fades aredone in post
so as to not ruin permanently
the original tape! My e-mailers have been telling me
for months that when you change
the Digicam menu item #8 Record Mode from Normal to
Frame Mode the $3000 Digi
will out perform the $5000 Digital Nikon in the
picture quality to the computer and onto
bthe net! Now there is a comparison worth putting to
the test and reporting on Mark!
To say the buyer would be better off with a
discontinued PV710 which was replaced by the
PV810
is just not common sense when comparing 3CCD units to 1CCD. IF you
are price
driven then buy a $399 Circuit City special close out
and you will be economically happy
in the short run Mark.
Actually I think the Pana system of stabilizers are a better idea!
They work so awful you are forced to turn them Off!I
have often said that the stabilizer is
either a feature or a gimmick depending onwhether you
are the product representative
or a professional buyer. These built instabilizers
are novelties that are not found on
professional gear. Use a tripod and be
a professional. When it comes to hand held shots
use the SteadyCam and your videos
will thank you for it & so will your audience...
believe me, I'll tell you, even if
your friends won't! The TRV10
and VX-2000 Sony with
the Zeiss lenses will some
how eventually make it to market. But, they are not here and
that is what we call vaporware. They were not here in
1996 for the first changeover &
every year since have miss intro dates.
It was almost seven years from L-2
to XL-1 &
there was a lot of loss of Canon market share.
Sony knows what it is going totake to be
against a chain saw cam like the EOS XL-1 system, the
one pound wonder of the
Pana Digicam and the soon to be released docking JVC.
DCR-VX2000
However, Sony Corp offices in Osaka said it won't be
until this coming Millennium 2000.
I believe them. I also believe it
will be a great unit but since so many of you need more than
one cam to do a shoot and you need it now and you
can't wait another year, choices have
to be made. There're now over 150
of you with the XL-1 that are also using the DJ100
version of the EZ30U on top of a SteadyCam and doing
just great. All Total
over 1500
DX100
& DJ100's are in customer hands July 1998! WHEW!
Pontificating is very tiring,
I think I need a Pay Raise!
APRIL 1998
Sony To
Introduce NEW mini DV Tape
DVM120ME2Will
Be Introduced Late 1999
if we are lucky...
80min.
SP & 120min.
LP mini DV Pana AY-DVM80E
in very, very,
very, very, very, very ... very short supply! E-mail
me for sample.
Heard here in Tokyo that Canon is working on
a
New Camcorder, only it looks an awful like the
VX1000!!!
PAL USER DCR-TRV9EN
With Analog & Digital Inputs
Hi my chuckmeister,
here ;s your debriefing and my impressions from using
the TRV9 PAL with Analog & Digital Inputs:
Today I picked up the TRV9E from the customs office.
Had to do it myself,
because the stupid tax guys cannot read
English. Next time I will pretend to use
DHL or UPS. They do better & faster
(although more expensive!)
Cost of the camera is: AU$2539 = 2790.00 DM
= US$ 1534 + shipping
AU$40 = 44.00
DM = US$ 24 (cheap
!) +import tax
= US$ 220 +VAT
552.01
DM = US$ 303
TOTAL
3786 DM = US$ 2081
This ain't; cheap, because we have
veeeeery high taxes for cams with input capabilities
(14 % + 16% VAT). The
tax guys knew pretty well that this cam has inputs!
Cams without inputs are only 4.6% (+16% VAT) .
The regular list price is 4000 DM ($2200) here in
Germany,
the stores offer it for 3600 DM ($1980) andat a mail
order store
you can get it for around 3300 DM ($1813). Camera
came well protected from Camera Action in a big parcel,
shipping took about 8 days from Australia to Germany,
from which it sat 2 days at the customs office.
Still it's fast ! Package
included the TRV9E with standard equipment: remote,
small batt, bigger viewfinder. Instructionsin English
and Russian.
Warranty I ordered was Australia & New Zealand,
might be valid here in Germanytoo,
but I hope I need not to find out ;-)I
played around with the TRV9 for a day now and
I am a little disappointed. I am a very picky video
person! THE video drum makes a terrible noise!
Even scenes with medium sound have that noise in the
background.
I will have to bow to your judgement and use an
external.The included battery is only good for max 30min.
I bought a bigger 4 hour battery (F750) for $100.
It's only a medium with average running time,
but its big and heavy and WORKS! TRV9
does output analog (for TV) w
hen recording from Firewire,
but not convert on-the-fly A/D to Firewire. I
have to record to DV tape first and then capture it to disk.
This IS Different from your NTSC description.-picture
quality under low light is poor.
Very grainy. Other cams like Panasonic Digicam
perform much better.-built-in speaker is a joke.
Would be better w/o it. Or they should install a
better one (there´s enough room,
I looked inside.) I use earphone. Only 1 connector
for in-out. Separate in-out ports would have been useful.
Analog Supplied cables are of low quality (typical)!
-LaserLink not included, its another $100 (more typical)!!
Keys on the cam are spread all over the place and
some are too small. I haven't; found a proper white balance
adjustment.
We had a cloudy day and white level was totally
wrong. But hey, it's the first day and I had notenough time for testing.
Did I mention the head noise ?!? It really
sucks......bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz all the time.
Chuckmeister, do you think this is because our PAL
systems spins so much faster than NTSC?
The Radius MotoDV card and software for the
Mac works fine. Plug-and-play, no instructions needed.
After all this, I can recommend ordering from your
conection. Service is fast & they answered all my questions.
But I can only recommend the Sony TRV9 PAL to
people who REALLY need the analog-in feature.
Some of us others might
want to choose the Panasonic Digicam instead (looks much cooler too).
l change cams very soon, especially when the other companies start
offering analog-inputs.
Greetings, Big Thanks and blue sky mein chuckmeister!
Tobias
my Chuckmeister...
DV EDITING SUITE
I have a DV system, and after a few months I seem to
have it workingnicely. I thought that maybe your readers
might be interested. There are good and bad
features to the hardware I bought.I have a Pentium II-266 with 64mb ram.
For the hard drive system, I have a Promise FasTrak
RAID 0/1 IDE/PCI card. I have attached 26.4 gig Western Digital
UltraDMA hard drives, (This is my capture / rendering
drive D:) and I have a standard 2.5 gig IDE as my program / booting C:
drive. The
FasTrak has 3 nice features for allowing UltraDMA drives as video
drives. first, the logical drive size is equal to the size
of both drives.
My D: partition is 12.4 gig. Secondly, both drivesb write
simultaneously. And, lastly, Promise (who makes the drive)
states there is something called an Elevator Write
method which seems to make writing to the
drive quicker and more logical. Set
the RAID controller up for Video applications, RAID
level 0, and use the FasTrak driver v1.11
Beta 3 for Video. Along with this, be
sure to go into the Ultratune program and set the
bandwidth for the lowest possible
setting. I had problem to the
highest possible setting
and it took too much bandwidth on the PCI
bus from the 1394 card, and that resulted in spots in the video
when played out to the DV
devices. I also
have Miro 300 1394 DV card. It has plug ins for Premiere
4.2. Plug-ins allow for premiere to output to the DV recorder.
I like the plug-in but
was deceived by the marketing in that Ibelieved that
I could have device control and frame accurate placement from
the plug in, and that is not the case. only the
capture / recording software that is
included has device control and frame accuracy. from
Premiere, I have to record to tape and use my
DHR-1000 to insert to the proper frame
from my trv-7. Premiere 5.0 is not
yet supported.
I found this out after I bought it.
(they promised backwards compat., but it did not work for this plug-in).
Generally, I am happy but like
I said, there have been problems. With
the add-in, i tried in premiere to have a clip with a black &
white filter added and 2 color titles
with fade in and fade outs. This
caused an error in the render and had to do a roundabout rener toan avi
(clip and B&W filter) then add that
AVI to the construction
window and then add the titles. That works, but is not perfect.So,
I have had 2 months of trying to figure out why I
could not get good
resolution or why something does not work, so after I figured it
out, I decided to drop a note to hopefully help any
others
who want computer
DV. your e-mailer
in the trenches "Dave"
Anyone Interested in S-Video to
Composite Cable? Contact
Marketek
Anyone interested in DV/Pana/Sony Protocol
converter? call 800 826-3348
Anyone Interested in a Pana 5 pin to
Sony LANC?
Videonics
Anyone Interested in 120 minute mini
DV
Tape?
Contact Me
Anyone Interested in 3,000 mAh
battery for Pana camcorders? PV-DBP215
e-maile
Me
New Panasonic DV VCR Coming with BOTH Lanc & 5
pin!
$1,000 less than Sony!AG-2000
(US designation)
PV-DX10,000 Japan designation!!
Panasonic announced in APRIL
in Osaka new
120 minute mini DV TAPE
(120min in LP!!!)
TRV9's ARE Now Shipping
w/best USA $ ($1447)!!!
It's March 1998
and if you have already contacted
me you are in and I have Official Specs here.
Now the BAD news.
My sources in Japan say their low light and image
resolution are suffering
due to recent economic market conditions resulting in
poor Q.C.!!
for your DV cameras
including EZ30U, DX100,
TRV9 & all
Sonys HERE!
New SONY WALKMAN DVVCR & Specs!
We have a D10k
Club for new Sony & Pana DVCR & 3CCD Cam owners
D10,000
& EZ30U
1998 February's
Wedding Tip for New Digital
Videographers
To get your sleeping wedding business in high gear
and you up to speed in this new DV format,
here is a reader's TIP. Re-accomplish old tapes of a
year or more of some of your favorite
bride's videos. Do about the first ten minutes as a
sample of what you can now do,
Thanks to her business as a customer, Offer this new
digital editing process
for a special fee of (say 50 bucks or $500) depending
on whether you are in the
hills or by the Hamptons!
Does 5 extra grand a month sound enough?
JANUARY 1998 Divers and underwater
buffs. I will try to go to bat for you all
at NAB & get Pana to bring in their sardine can size 4 hour waist
power battery and terrific new ABS
underwater housing. Panasonic says they have a new
date for their VX5000 wireless DV VCR that
has both 5pin and Lanc protocols. Announcing in fall with
holiday delivery. The Sony Gold Dream Machine aka WV-D10k will NOT be
exported ANYWHERE, as I have often said. Yes, they
are being marketed here byenterprising DV-philes (e-mail
me). The Sony pocket DV VCR is slated for world-wide
premier in the USA this month. Sony does
not even tell their home market of this
unit's existene! What you see at my site is what there is
Yes, Sony, Pana & others have been known
to send people to my site for further info and
pics! The professionals will have a ball at NAB. There you can pay more
for some of the toys we already have. Only
it is explained with real fancy brochures & multi syllable
words. Hmmm! The GVD-900 mini DV deck in DVCam
will feature a lipstick camera. One cam head will
actually zoom. Of course this unit is over double the GVD-900
price. But, hey you pros are
rich! Besides all the commissioned salesmen told me DVCam
is better, otherwise they would be out of
a job!! I believe the term here is "cool-aid"
andaccording to the complaints and letters in Videography, someone is
taking a bath and it ain't the
manufacturers guys and gals! I'm only kidding Pana & Sony.I
mean 28 grand for a laptop field editor is a steal and so is $4200 for a
plastic lens VX1000 and
DSR-200. OOPs! Is anyone out there reading this
stuff? See you all at NAB which stands for
"Not Another Bash?" .. "Chuckmeister-
The official word regarding the release of
OK Gang, Spring has Sprung and I am here in
Akihabara with Cherry Blossoms and NEW DV
Stuff Everywhere. I keep getting asked by "yuse guys"
why am I still so hard on these
manufacturer's. Because they do STUPID things. OK, you tell me why Pana
decided to dump a perfectly good DV unit, the
710 and build a new one even smaller, but
now have the tape shove in and out from the bottom like the now defunct
TRV7. At least Sony figured out this
blunder by making the TRV9 load conventionally from the
top side and hung on every bell and whistle known to DV-dom!
It does not end there my DV-jedi's. You
thought touchy fingerprint screen Sharp was going to be left out.
OK, we'll skip them for "father they know not what they
do!" YES, read theMatrix, JVC DVL will only
OUTPUT the DV signal! What, you think they did that on
purpose? Give me a break. Ever since they could not figure out how
to make a prosumer SVHS edit deck, they
been lost forever in the wilderness. Enough of this
mine field you're suppose to buy
into. Let's see what's GOOD!
YES! the Pana 3CCD Digicam beat all comers. My web site is full of
DV'ers who nowwant to unload their XL-1's and VX-1000's and get this
miracle wonder handycam. It'snot perfect, but it sure kicks butt and
beats what ever is in second place. Same goes for the
1CCD wonder the TRV9. Bottom line, they produce EXQUISITE
video. Sharp, clear, beautiful color
and great saturation. The Pana 3CCD is working out VERY well especially
for
LIVE FROM NAB it's: "Boys and
Their Toys" Time
Sony has another 30 day delay (MAY)
for the release for the DCR-TRV9
MXPro
it's SHIPPING!No
DV Firewire
But will only have two buses for
DV ports and that at years end!
The SRP is still planned to be $1799.
"
OK, I'm Finished here and it's on
back over to Tokyo -
See You All Back Here by May!
World's First Pocket DV VCR Sony
GVD-900
MSRP $1999! Call Me for $1777!!!!DSR-V10,
DSR-70,
DSR-200A, DSR-300,
DRV-100 at NAB!
December 1997 News
Sony made a statement that in
effect says No More Zeiss
Lens units at this time PERIOD! Pana
will debut the 3CCD Digicam
but at $3995 (VX1000 prices) at the
NAB show above, without
the neat all weather sports pak and deliveries can be expected
to be VERY slow.Although Pana
DVCR may be shown at the show in prototype, deliveries will be
delayed.Canon wants
to show
this year a 3CCD Obtusa for almost
same price as the 1 CCD. Sony
can bring to market today if they wanted to, two more DVCR's.
OK, they
ARE sure! Both
DV tape and Camcorders are still in short supply this past week in
Japanfor all brands. Sony
dual deck WV-D10,000
will NOT be exported. However
...we do have a source!
Look for a whole slew of new Sony DVCams & DVCR's
at NAB.
All this is coming to you from Osaka
& Tokyo; not the USA offices of these corp's!
1997
October
1CCD DV View Camcorder
Matrix
Sony DCR-TRV9/10
Canon Obtusa
DCR-PC10
Sharp VL-PD1U
JVC GR-DVL
Pana PV-DV710 are
all at the
LINK
1997 September
DV VCR MATRIX
LINK
Sony WV-D10,000 DV/S-VHS Dual Editing Deck
Panasonic AJ-DV10,000 DV Master with LANC & 5 pin
Sony GVD-900 DV Walkman
portable DV VCR
JVC 2piece Cam Head and portadeck DV VCR
Sony DHR-1000 Original DV VCR Edit Deck
Third Party DV VCR with Sony as OEM under $2k !!
1997 August
3CCD DV CAMCORDERS
MATRIX
Panasonic PV-DV2000 (AG-EZ30U)
Sony DCR-VX2000 & Sony DSR-500
Sharp VL-DH4000
Canon XL-1
JULY 1997
WOW!
First Firewire
PC Card!
for your Computer or Laptop from...Yup, SONY!
MXPro:
Delivery, Shipping and Price Statement
XL-1 Customers
Your Report
Is In & So Is Your Future
My humble recommendation is to wait till any bugs that may appear
have all been worked out. This is ONE complicated cam
!
JUNE 1997 News
Dear Chuckmeister....Inquiring
minds JUSTwant
to know!
DV!"Questions"
To DV or not
to DV.
Best Price/Best
Place/Best...
What should I be aware
of buying into DV?
I am going into DV what should
I look at first?
Will I save
on getting the Sony SC100 or CanonZR?
Which
is better, The JVC GRV-DVL or the Sony DCR-PC10?
Which
Viewcam you think is Best: Sharp, Sony, Panasonic or JVC?
Do you recommend the Panasonic
PV-DV710 or the Sony DCR-TRV10?
Is there a shortage of DV tapes
coming soon and which ones are affected?
Can you tell me anything about
the new Zeiss Lens DV's DCR-PC10
&TRV10?
What do
you think of the new Canon DV still camera/video camera/video recorder?
Which DV unit works best for
underwater, or sky
diving, or racing or
even white water?
Should I wait for the Canon
XL-1,
Panasonic DJ100 or
Sony VX-2000 for a
3CCD Camcorder?
What's your
recommendation for editing DVCR;
Sony WV-D10000,
Panasonic AG-DV2000
or JVC dual deck?
I heard I can e-mail you for a
source of the still unavailable 3CCD Digicam that won '98 Japan
CamcorderHELP!
MAY 1997 News
Pana
will show 3CCD AG-EZ30U
at NAB this spring!
Promise…
I know I have said that for 7 months
now… it's not my fault!
First Zeiss lens Sony's arrive in the
States. Price & Place at...
chuckmeister@supervideo.com
April 1997 News
We now have our line-up of 5
different companies having our long
awaited
under $1,000 DV camcorder by
Christmas 1998.
They All will
have Firewire,
View screen, view finder,
stabilizerand 1 CCD chip.JVC FINALLY brought
their Firewire DV (OUT
ONLY) unit and
don't ask me why, maybe they like shooting
themselvesin the foot and will
abandon the hard to sell "I" shape camera for
a
more traditional camcorder
shape. The JVC
GR-DVL is thesmallest camera I have
seen with a 4" swivel view
screen. Sharphas
also abandon their unprotected and
exposed view screenthat never had a
viewfinder and has joined the Sony led band
wagon with a fold out twisting side
mounted 4" view screen with Firewire
and
'get this: "touch screen
features" such as zoom, focus
or back lighting. All you do is
rub your greasy fingers onwhich
is dumber or dumbest; this or the old Canon eye control!
It is now possible to conclude that
Sony and Canon feeling the home
market crunch
from a bunch of virtual clones will
relgate their
strip-down models (SC100 & ZR) as
'low-ball' entry levelunits in the
sub-sub thousand dollar price to around $700 street
price point and let the
new TRV10/PC10
with the Carl Zeiss compete
with the above
clones. The only non
conforming model of
the bunch is the Canon MV-1
(aka Optusa)
which is now is at
the same price point as the other four. The Canon progressive scan
CCD chips have now a following
despite their notorious low light problems
with out any
gain up
feature. JVC DVLand
the award
winning 3CCD
Digicam DJ100/EZ30U uses
the same technology.The Big News is,
however, is not about camcorders and it is from
the Big Guy on the block: Sony.
The DV VCR
WV-D10,000! The
world's 1st double deck
DV VCR & S-VHS VCR combo. Record
in either direction and to/from any
format source.
Put both inthe record mode and make a
DV & a S-VHS (VHS ok) duplicate. It
is over-all a
smaller machine but the same
weight as the DV
VCR DHR-1000
and comes in a stylish
gold tone cabinet insteadof the
standard black. It's shorter in height than the DHR-1000
(about the same size as the EVS-7000
Hi8 unit) and will be on the local
Japanese market
for about $3700.00 MSRP retail. And
now: .The
Bad News is... availability.
In other
words do not hold yourbreath.
The shortage that was
predictedhere last August came sooner, will last longer and will even
get worse!
In fact the DV tapes are Very hard to find
here in Japan, &
in Tokyo and even in
Akihabara electronic district! They
are already being rationed
to Camcorderbuyers here and
last month
have begun to reduced the allotment from 5
down to 3per
DV camera customer.
The #1 camcorder pick for 1998 by the
Japanese video trade association
is the Panasonic
3CCD DJ100
(aka DX100, EZ30U, PV-DV2000).
It beat out the Canon XL-1 & Sony Zeiss
lens DV
camcorders, including the new
Sharp & JVC
units mentioned above.
But, due to the
worsening Asian economic mess and the
financial crisis, not only are Korean
Hyundai car
assembly linesshut down, but, so are
laptop computers, DVD components & yes
even DV
equipment in Japan is experiencing
shortages. Meaning NO
quantity Zeiss units for the US
anytime soon, & NO DV tape either
on the Japanese local market or the export market
for that
matter! Do not expect things to get better overnight; thisis
a regional mess
and the U.S. & the rest of the
world can't do much about
it except wait it out and hope
for the best, I guess,
from Tokyo's Akihabara district this is yours truly, thechuckmeister
wishing all
the Best in the New Year.
I will return in time for NAB in
Vegas.
I will post all these
new items at the top of each
DV company Home~Pages withmy
observations,
specifications and YES lots of
pictures... .
MARCH 1997 News
. .SO
YOU WANT COMPOSITE AND
S-VIDEO AND FIREWIRE
INPUTS AND OUTPUTS TO DO
EDITING...
WELL, SOMEONE
HEARD YOU AT COMDEX!
Also, you asked what do I think of CASABLANCA...Excellent
& Expensive! Read.
February 1997 News
Editors note: I have been asked
recently by many of the manufacturers you see here, &
even by some of my readers, why do I seem to come down so hard on these
products? Because, G**
D*** IT, it's our money! If
you want to read goody 2 shoe stories of video, especially DV
video products, buy a rag
mag and hear everything the companies want you to hear and read articles
that are transparent
commercials with little or no critical comparisons or field testing like
you find in auto or
computer magazines. The video magazines fear of offending the majorsis
sickening and does the consumer little good in making an informed
choice. I know there is no
Holy Grail Camcorder and maybe there never will be one, but if there
ever is to be one...we, me
or someone has to hold their feet to the fire till that glorious day
gets here! Now I will tell you a
dirty little secret, many of the diatribes you read here are
from none other than the manufacture representatives both here and in
Ole JAPAN!But I also be the first to
commend as well, PROMISE;
Like the Pana 3CCD Digicam! OH
YES, I almost forgot who I am. I 'm a national beta tester
and have been for over 30 years, it is my
job not to find out what is right with a product that has yet to go on
the market, but just the opposite. For
those who want to know more... http://www.supervideo.com/founder.htmPhoto
of the chuckmeister & Bertel of DV Firewire Central & LINKS to
everywhere here.
January 1997 News
. Top
of page is the new Panasonic
DV-10,000 DVCR
with Firewire,
Wireless
Control Panel, LANC,
S-video
& Composite video and full audio Inputs&Outputs
for over 1,000 dollars
less than the Sony DHR-1000..
Middle row is the consumer
AG-EZ30U 3CCD DV
Camcorder with Firewire,
2.5" view screen,
180,000 high-res
viewfinder, access shoe and with belt worn 6hr
battery (center),
F1.6 (43 mm) lens at
38-436mm..Bottom of picture is the new DCR-PC10
(left) & its
Samsung look-alike VP-D1
(right),
both will sellby spring below
the $2,000 price point. JVC
GR-DVXProcenter, this
week began to start appearing
in military exchanges in the
states for $1899, only withoutFirewire!
I'm predicting our first DV
units under $1,000 will
appear in 1998
(Sony SC-100, Pana EZ20U, JVC DVL,
Canon DV-10 & Sharp DC-3). .
PC10
features Laser Link, DNR & 180k HiRes screen & FP-300 4hr batt.,
but has the first Very High
Quality Lens by manufacturer Carl
Zeiss of Germany at 12X
(150X`digital) zoom .
Watch Out Canon!!.
Watch here for NEW VX-2000 3CCD Sony with Zeiss Lens
and off board waist battery pack
and yes a New DCR-TRV10
also with Zeiss Lens optics and increased pixel viewfinder and view
screen
as well! TRV10, PC10,
VX-2000 will be on sony.htm page but will
have links from all over this page,
Stay Tuned This page
and pictures above posted Sunday 5 October 1997, so you saw it here
first ole gang of mine. Any
of this Interesting folks?
:-)
I'M BAAACK!!
It's Wednesday
December 3, 1996
and lots of DV news to report that's
late breaking and very important.
I was more impressed by what I did NOT see at Comdex. InterBee in
Tokyoprove to be the most interesting. Sony had a mockup of a no model
number DVCR that was
a Video Walkman. A 6 inch screen with analog input/outputs. It looks
like the newHi8 TVCR GV-A700 only lighter and a lot thinner. The new
dual deck S-VHS/DV VCRis pictured here at the sony.htm
page is expected in February for Europe. JVC Firewireintro was heralded
but not seen. Hope springs eternal. The Carl Zeiss Lens Line will beon
the entire high end DV line both prosumer and consumer for Sony. The
PC10 has now been
introduced to Hong Kong, England and Europe during November and December
'97.The Panasonic
DV VCR is now suppose to make it's American
debut at CES first week January
1998. We will only see the Sony three DV VCR's and even the Samsung
maketheir appearance when the Panasonic is for sale. One of the Sony
units is for OEM's likeCanon, Kyocera, Ricoh and others wishing to fill
out a DV line. The coming shortage ofDV tapes is here, and in
Europe, and in Asia and even in Japan! TOLD YA! I will startadding
pictures this week to my link sites and come back to this page to give
you thoseLINKs as they are constructed. Some, like the VX-2000 and
DSR-500 may take longer, please
be patient. Anyone
interested in buying directly from Asia, we have a contact &
address.This is PAL, English UNIT and DV ports work in both
directions.Panasonic's double barrel shot is the
3CCD mini cam that will fit in the PALM
of your hand and
has Firewire, color viewfinder hi resolution view screen and not to
mention a very slick
light weight waist belt battery that runs for hours; The prosumer model
is the EZ30U and consumer
is DV2000 $3999(aka DJ100), while the DVCR VX-5000 with
a wireless control panel, 4 channel
audio select & will be priced about $2700 or less!
Gooten-Tag from Dusseldorf,
Germany
October 1996
& Fall brings New DV Goodies
#1. Panasonic introduces DVCR-5000
and DX-100 3CCD BOTH under $4,000
#2. JVC is loosing tremendous home
market share this past year, DVX included
#3. Samsung shows
VP-D1 (exact clone of Sony PC10 DV Handycam) $1749
#4. Sharp brings out VL-PD1
w/Firewire
$1900 & DX-10S VGA w/flash mem
#5. Sony shows DCR-SC100 w/Firewire,
3" screen & Laserlink $1599 (no VF)
#6. Canon WILL bring out an
interchangeable unit, but at almost five grand!
#7. Check MXPro below
again for additional info & rear panel socket layout
SEPT. 10, 1996
New Equipment arrivals Expected in next Few Days
We should see new DV camcorders from Canon (3CCD),
Panasonic DV Digicam 3CCD JVC
(Surprise), Sharp (Firewire),
Kyocera (2 units), plus our second DVCR VX-5000&
from SAMSUNG
both DV units are now on hold and may now NOT come to
USA!
August 15, 1996
LET'S MOVE ON OVER TO CANON'OPTURA'
as in Obtuse-a :-)
Canon's features mention digital IC (that's
Integrated Circuit not Inter Changeable Lenses),
two inch view screen (now isn't that special!),
and can take photo mode for import
into your computer...WOW! This is REALLY different
isn't it? Looks like another
'I' series go no-where, do-nothing-new typical
Canon miss step. I can not wait to see
what they will do with the pro series 3 CCD's...now
I AM sick! All the
pictures and
HYPE are at Bob's
page 10 in the October cover story Camcorder Mag. A
3 CCD
and Interchangeable Model with lenses looks now
like Christmas...'97!
nOne Glimmer of Hope and It Was
Not the 15th...
Videonics previewed its new DV A/V
Mixer theMXProDV
today!

(1) Power (2) S-Video In (3) C-Video In (4) L-R Audio
In (5) Preview (6) S-Video Out (7)
Composite Video Out
(8) L-R Audio Out (9) GPI /Firewire
InterfacePHOTO,
Price, specifications, connections, details and
release date at MY Videonics link above.
MXPro
will weigh Four pounds and is about 16 X 10 X 3 inches & 2nd Q 1998
shippingYou Saw It Here First Folks!
Why its
APRIL 1st 1996
Already!
3 CCD, Dual FIREWIRE,
S-Video IN,
4hr batt, Adjustable 4 Ch
Audio,
VL Interchangeable
Lenses4" External
MARCH 1st 1996
3CCD DV Camcorder $1999.00!*
This was intended as a joke,
but THANKS to Panasonic.
Sony & Canon
this maybe a Reality late next year!
* TOLD YOU IT'S APRIL "FIRST" you fool!
FEBRUARY 1996
SONY VX-9000 Will
Not & Can NOT Be Released
To USA Market!
Told you the optics were inferior at that price
point.
Wait to you see what the VX-2000 will look &
cost...
You are going to want a recall or a recount on your
old DV!
IT's January First!
1996
Watch here Friday
15th. for a sneak peek of all the new
Canon FireWire
mini DV cams!! :-)
Only one camera at a time for release...Sorry No xL -I's
till X-mas!
IT'S
FRIDAY
JULY 25th 1995
& I am back on the East
Coast... AAAARGH!!
Canon is
coming out with a whole line of DV camcorders
for both consumer as
well as professional. The teasers you
will find at Canon sites in England, Hawaii,
Honk Kong, Singapore,
Tokyo as well as Jamesburg N.J.
will go on for more than a month!
TOLD YOU!
Canon has a real role to play & it's not asjust
another DV Handycam
with view screens. Due to the quality of
DV, both tape & the camera section
need not be reinvented, what is needed is Very
highquality lenses which
Canon has a world wide reputation that's well
established.I'm afraid we
might not see the VL
system carried forward. It's also possible that
the 3 CCD
professional model may have at first a fixed lens
similar to that of the Sony VX-1000.
The only way I see that changing is if Panasonic
& Sony and others come out with
better optics and maybe real low prices for their
next 3CCD units. Of course
Added to this equation is the knowledge that Sony
itself
June 1995
Can we all say Lens WARS!!
May 1995...
Attention!!
FOR A HISTORY OF DV GO HERE... Canon
Link
TO CHANGE DV PORTS FOR PAL CAMS
so theywill take a DV input
signal... .Do
Go Here!.
ALOHA YOU ALL...its
April 22, 1995
I am sending this from the sands
of Waikiki and I amjust having a terrible time here concentrating on my
laptop keyboard
instead of the Wahines with what they are passing
off as bathing suits. Are they small or WHAT? Canon
Maybe
will launch their L series DV units or what I
havebeen calling L-4 and L-5 out during 1997, but late!We will have to
just wait and see. Bets are this non Hi8 Clone
will be more than just another DV 3CCD type with15X Canon Optics
& RC Time Code! --------------------------------------------------------------------------
March 3, 1995
What about the ECM-HM1
Sony Mic with a reeled cord?
Neat and very practical. You may not find this
written anywhere but here folks!
This answers the microphone problem for ALL DV units!
DV has digital audio (PCM, actually a form of DAT)
and all microphones
onboard DV cams are inadequate
as they pick up motor noise, humdrum
hum!,
any breeze & other who knows what, that you do
not want.
This Sony accessory sits
atop your hot-shoe and is a mic
that's set for the dynamics
of digital audio, will come apart
& is a 5 foot reel-type wired mic to be used for
on camera or
off board recording. It Works just great!
While we are here...TGV-7 brings TV channels
to you on the PC-10/TRV-9.
How about a MIXER that has DV sockets
along with S-Video, BNC & RCA?
Videonics would likely like to move
quickly in this direction, but they may get
beaten out by a Sima or someone like
them whose price will be in the hundreds
and not a thousand plus something.
HOWEVER class, we have a new word,
can we all say CONVERGENCE?
Our friends over on the computer
side of
the house are the engine pulling our
video caboose.
NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND!
Soon, Laptops with 500mHz processors, 13 and 14
inches of DIGITALscreen
(up to now only CD's and
computers were the only digital
products you & I could
afford to go out and buy off the
shelf) 100 GB of storage, Read/Writable variations
of CD's and prices under TWO thousand dollarsare
fast in our future...because...
they
will have DV
sockets, Memphis,
Rhapsody & others, they will lure us with
power that SkywalkerSound and ILM
have now. It's a Poppler's "4th Wave"
and there is a no stopping it. Even
my technically 'video' web site is getting
more & morequestions
from the computer surfer, even though I am running at
an all time record high
of video traffic surfers. From
the 'Book of Daniel',
Videographers...
The hand writing is on the Wall.
It's now...
December 1994
BEWARE! Analog
is dead".
In other words TIME to unload all your analog cams,
VCR's & the rest... while you still
can.
Question for today...
Know anyone
shooting 3/4 inch or VHS professionally?
Didn't think so...
That will be Hi8 & SVHS within the next 12 to 18
months,
maybe even sooner!
DVD will be consumers replacement for VHS,
DVD-R will be computers replacement for floppies
and CD's and DV will be
a mixed bag for event,
high end consumer and prosumer DVCAM
and DVPRO
will be professionally priced (5 to 20 thousand)
Digital TV will replace everything analog with LCD monitors
for all the above groups Solid
State Memory Digital Cams
will be broadcast exclusive
(i.e. TV stations)
Any violation of the above will send
that company or CEO
to 'Video Purgatory!'
CLASS DISMISSED.
****************************************************
November 25th 1995
Happy Thanksgiving
this coming Summer ...
5 companies
will have DV viewcams
under AND they will be Under $2,000!
MAYBE, with DV input/outputs; 4 inch
view screens, Time Code, Lithium
batteries, and hopefully some FIREWIRE
Ports !
Sony TRV-7, Pana PV-DV710, JVC
DVL, Sharp PD1 & Canon MV-1.
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ALOHA YOU ALL...its
October 21, 1991
My Opening Day News Letter
Well...All You Web Surfers and
Weekend Videographer Wana-bees who have
been crying for me to get off my duff
and start telling the rest of the world what is
happening with A/V. Here I am on this
thing of a web or whatever, www or WWW
In future reports
here I will lead with the date & add new items
at the top to make
it easier to follow. YES, I will stress my concept of a
Studio-In-A-Suitcase that was
on the cover of Camcorder's Holiday Issue cover. I will also have my air
show teams
here as well as my funny heavy clunky (my wife calls it) notebook
computer as well.
Here goes for Winter (November) 1991... There
will be
a Canon single chip L series and a
Pro
3 CCD unit and it might be if were lucky
and been 'good,' seen in our life
time! How Mucho? is quite another story.
Judging from all the holes Canon has
shot itself in the foot these many years,
we may have to take out a second
mortgage... sorry. More later as this develops.
All Right...
so who messed up my counter that was here?