MOTU V3HD Discontinued at DVinfo.net

Michael Liebergot · May 15th, 2008, 03:08 PM

I was just on B&H's website ordering some stuff and noticed that they have the MOTU V3HD listed as Discontinued. What's up with that?

Anyone have any info on this?

Dan Keaton · May 15th, 2008, 03:26 PM

Look for the V4HD.

Michael Liebergot · May 15th, 2008, 03:40 PM

Interesting, wonder what the difference is?
No info on B&H's site and no info on the MOTU site either.

Dan Keaton · May 15th, 2008, 03:42 PM

Dear Michael,

I saw it in an ad.

I did a double-take since I was expecting the model number to be V3HD, but it was V4HD.

I will double check the ad tonight.

Bill Koehler · May 15th, 2008, 05:15 PM

At least when I looked on the MOTU home page, the V3HD was top left of center!

http://www.motu.com/

And when I clicked on the V3HD pic, it took me here.

http://www.v3hd.com/software.html#pr...ro-cs3-support

You might want to look at

http://www.v3hd.com/

as well.

On the other hand I found a vendor selling the V4HD for $2749.00
It's not a sponsor is why I'm not giving a link. But it only took 3 minutes to find.

Dan Keaton · May 15th, 2008, 06:07 PM

There is an ad, "Introducing the V4HD", on the back cover of the May 2008 issue of DV (Digital Video) Magazine.

The ad says that it includes the same features as the V3HD plus much more.

There is a link in the ad:

www.v4hd.com

Bill Koehler · May 15th, 2008, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dan Keaton

There is a link in the ad:

www.v4hd.com

Whoever is maintaining that website had best get to updating it.
I looked and all info is for the V3HD!

Gary Bettan · May 16th, 2008, 11:59 AM

V4HD adds support for ProRes. They do some funky lossless compression as an interim step. We got a preview of it at NAB but we were sworn to secrecy.

I'll post more details when we get the go ahead from Motu.

Gary

BTW, we still have a single unit of V3HD in stock $2,595
http://www.videoguys.com/v3hd.html

Andy Tejral · May 16th, 2008, 12:59 PM

Heck, I wouldn't buy anything from a company called MOTU. If they changed it back to Mark of the Unicorn, that might be something. What the heck was up with that anyway?

Michael Liebergot · May 16th, 2008, 01:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gary Bettan

V4HD adds support for ProRes. They do some funky lossless compression as an interim step. We got a preview of it at NAB but we were sworn to secrecy.

I'll post more details when we get the go ahead from Motu.

Gary

BTW, we still have a single unit of V3HD in stock $2,595
http://www.videoguys.com/v3hd.html

I was thinking that it was probably adding PreoRes into the mix. This was the big thing that kept me from buying it or even from buying the AJIOHD (no DVCPROHD). If IO doesn't add DVCPROHD support then I think that this gives the upper hand to the V4HD.

May 15th, 2008, 03:08 PM	#1
Michael Liebergot Trustee Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,505	MOTU V3HD Discontinued I was just on B&H's website ordering some stuff and noticed that they have the MOTU V3HD listed as Discontinued. What's up with that? Anyone have any info on this? __________________ Michael www.lvpvideo.com

May 15th, 2008, 03:26 PM	#2
Dan Keaton Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Augusta Georgia Posts: 5,421	Look for the V4HD. __________________ Dan Keaton Augusta Georgia

May 15th, 2008, 03:40 PM	#3
Michael Liebergot Trustee Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,505	Interesting, wonder what the difference is? No info on B&H's site and no info on the MOTU site either. __________________ Michael www.lvpvideo.com

May 15th, 2008, 03:42 PM	#4
Dan Keaton Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Augusta Georgia Posts: 5,421	Dear Michael, I saw it in an ad. I did a double-take since I was expecting the model number to be V3HD, but it was V4HD. I will double check the ad tonight. __________________ Dan Keaton Augusta Georgia

May 15th, 2008, 05:15 PM	#5
Bill Koehler Major Player Join Date: May 2007 Location: Alpharetta, Georgia, USA Posts: 760	At least when I looked on the MOTU home page, the V3HD was top left of center! http://www.motu.com/ And when I clicked on the V3HD pic, it took me here. http://www.v3hd.com/software.html#pr...ro-cs3-support You might want to look at http://www.v3hd.com/ as well. On the other hand I found a vendor selling the V4HD for $2749.00 It's not a sponsor is why I'm not giving a link. But it only took 3 minutes to find. Last edited by Bill Koehler; May 15th, 2008 at 05:23 PM. Reason: Added third link & found V4HD reference.

May 15th, 2008, 06:07 PM	#6
Dan Keaton Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Augusta Georgia Posts: 5,421	There is an ad, "Introducing the V4HD", on the back cover of the May 2008 issue of DV (Digital Video) Magazine. The ad says that it includes the same features as the V3HD plus much more. There is a link in the ad: www.v4hd.com __________________ Dan Keaton Augusta Georgia

May 16th, 2008, 11:59 AM	#8
Gary Bettan Sponsor: Electronic Mailbox Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Glen Cove, NY Posts: 757	V4HD adds support for ProRes. They do some funky lossless compression as an interim step. We got a preview of it at NAB but we were sworn to secrecy. I'll post more details when we get the go ahead from Motu. Gary BTW, we still have a single unit of V3HD in stock $2,595 http://www.videoguys.com/v3hd.html __________________ Check out http://www.videoguys.com 800 323-2325 We are the video editing and live video production experts! DV InfoNet members save 5%! Use Coupon Code DVINFO5OFF

May 16th, 2008, 12:59 PM	#9
Andy Tejral Major Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New York City Posts: 523	Heck, I wouldn't buy anything from a company called MOTU. If they changed it back to Mark of the Unicorn, that might be something. What the heck was up with that anyway? __________________ Andy Tejral Railroad Videographer