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Colin McFadden September 8th, 2006 12:44 PM

A1U Discontinued?
 
I'm trying to ahold of four A1U. Sony claims up to 60 day backorder, and stocks seem to be draining everywhere. Anyone know an official story?

Boyd Ostroff September 8th, 2006 06:04 PM

I don't have any stories, official or otherwise, but our Sponsor B&H Photo has the A1 in stock at the moment...

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/cont...ughType=search

Scott Myers September 8th, 2006 06:35 PM

When I looked at B&H a few days ago, there was a special price on it and it showed to be in stock. Also, there's a rebate going on so it seems like a good time to get one. I was considering it but I couldn't afford to spend that much.

Peter Ferling September 8th, 2006 08:50 PM

I contacted the repair facility today on the status of my busted HC1. Parts are still on back order (same parts as found in an A1U). I inquired pretty much the same question and was told that if Sony discontinued any particular item or camera, they would have been informed and I would have been given other options. It takes 2-4 weeks for delivery of items in the consumer market.

Man I miss that camera. I had some interior car shoots and fumbling with a shoulder mounted DV camera made things a little cramped.

Colin McFadden September 8th, 2006 09:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boyd Ostroff
I don't have any stories, official or otherwise, but our Sponsor B&H Photo has the A1 in stock at the moment...

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/cont...ughType=search


I'm going to try contacting them when they reopen. J&R has one in stock as well, as does amazon. Unfortunately, it's my employer (a University) which is purchasing them, and they don't exactly turn on a time. My PO is for buying the items directly from Sony. Grrr. Hopefully I can work something else, as there aren't exactly a lot of sub-$3k HDV cameras with XLR audio and whatnot to choose from.

Peter Ferling September 8th, 2006 09:44 PM

Tell me about it, corporate PO's take forever. I've been back and forth on upgrades for some time now. I had a request to budget two Z1U's, but changed it to a Canon XL-H1, with reserve for an XL-A1. I'm patiently waiting and fear discontinuance as well, meaning I'd have to resubmit, so I'm going for product that we be available when sign off comes around.

If I remember correctly, B&H will accept purchase orders from qualified institutions. Do call them, I think your accounting will need to provide bank and business reference information.

John Rofrano September 12th, 2006 03:20 PM

I just ordered one from B&H on Friday and it arrived today so they definitely have them in stock. After the Sony rebate it only cost me $1800 USD. That’s a pretty sweet deal.

~jr

Stu Holmes September 14th, 2006 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Rofrano
I just ordered one from B&H on Friday and it arrived today so they definitely have them in stock. After the Sony rebate it only cost me $1800 USD. That’s a pretty sweet deal.

~jr

Hi John. Curious as to how you managed to get a net price of USD1800! On BHphoto.com today the "add to cart for lowr price" is $2499 and then after the $500 rebate, that would be $1999 which is the price its been for a while now. love to know how you managed to get $1800 net price !

thanks

Ken Alexander September 14th, 2006 12:19 PM

A1 from B&H
 
We just ordered two A1's from B&H. $2499 with a mail-in $500 rebate, each. They arrived overnight.

John Rofrano September 14th, 2006 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stu Holmes
love to know how you managed to get $1800 net price ! thanks

I got it with the WEVA show discount which was cheaper than the regular web price. You had to attend the WEVA convention to get the discount codes. (sorry, I should have mentioned that, my bad) Even without that it's still a great price.

~jr

Konrad Haskins September 16th, 2006 10:15 AM

I'm having a good weekend. Picked up a used copy of Vegas 4 for $57 on ebay, then upgraded it to Vegas 7 for $135. Picked up Cinescore deal while I was upgrading. This morning got the green light to get an HVR-A1U :)

Konrad


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