I have 2 GY-HD100s I have a very small (tight budget) wedding buisness. When I bought the cameras I intended on going tapeless one day well that dream was crushed when I blew both firewire ports. Now its going to cost $600-$1,000 to fix each port. I recently saw a new Panasonic camera that clearly isnt as strong as a GY-HD100 but for the price I could sell both my cameras and get these new ones. They are 1080i and already tapeless.
http://catalog2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ModelDetail?displayTab=O&storeId=11201&catalogId=13051&itemId=227663&catGroupId=14571&surfModel=AG-HMC70

I doubt a bit that you will get the money that you want, by selling damaged camera's...

yeah, thats part of the problem. I still think there worth $2,500+ each. See I never got up the money for a deck yet either so if I wanted to go HD now I couldnt.

here is an odd thought... I think the JVC HD1 and JVC HD10 can play 24p as well as 30p and use that as a capture deck. Just a thought.. those run $500-$800 used. I would just fix one of your camcorders and get a 4to6 pin firwire converter and to make sure you camcorder is OFF when connecting.

Do you know where I can get one?!?!

Hi Randy
you got 2 Pro Cameras

that panasonic is entry level, plus its using 1/4 chips

to me you would be stepping down

i would get 1 fix .

also is the panasonic a fix lense

i love my 110 and i have the DR hd100

its just my opinon Randy

I understand you have to do what's best you

good luck what ever you do

Joe

Randy,

Definitely get a port isolator: http://fwdepot.com/thestore/product_info.php/products_id/356

At the wedding, the client may not no the difference between the two cameras, but you would. The jvc is an efficient tool and I wouldn't move to a consumer camera. Also, if you start picking up corporate work you'll be much better off with the jvc. Just my thoughts.

Ben

Thanks guys I know your all right its just killing me right now. I think im going to stay tape with theses cameras. I have a Sony DSR-30 im going to sell and take the money I would have put into the HD-100s and get the JVC BR-HD50. At least if I do that I wont be hooking and un hooking firewire ports. I will keep these for my normal 5 years I thinik when I do go tapeless it will be som e kind of "Built in" system and not an external drive. I can see this new ADVCintra format or what ever its called being huge if its developed right. Just imagine our JVCs with using just a SD card that can be read in any off the shelf card reader, now thats cool.

HELLO! Plan C!
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/800569616-USE/JVC_CUVH1USP_CU_VH1US_P_HDV_Portable_VTR.html

I do 24p so this is a winner unless you guys can see a problem.

Randy

hi Randy
are you sure that this deck does 24p
you would be spending almost $1100.00
for $300.00 more you can get the Dr HD 100 no deck needed.
Or when when you get the 100 fix you can use that as your deck
this way you can go tapeless or dr hd100 or both

HELLO! Plan C!
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/800569616-USE/JVC_CUVH1USP_CU_VH1US_P_HDV_Portable_VTR.html

I do 24p so this is a winner unless you guys can see a problem.

Randy

I have this deck. I bought it because I wanted to take the burden off my camera's tape mechanism during editing. It kinda does 24p. It won't display it on a monitor, but you can capture 24p without preview from this deck and hdvsplit recognizes it.

Im sorry I must have gotten excited I meant to type "I DONT do 24p" but if it lets me capture 24p so much the better. Tup are you happy with the deck? Does it work well? Durable?

Im sorry I must have gotten excited I meant to type "I DONT do 24p" but if it lets me capture 24p so much the better. Tup are you happy with the deck? Does it work well? Durable?

So far so good. I have been shooting everything in HDV these days and this allows me to downconvert via component in 480p and 480i. It does not downconvert via firewire. I thought it did when I bought it. I think originally it was meant as a consumer device.

It's great in the field too as it uses the HD100 batteries and has a small LCD.

It can also pull stills from video tape to a SD card. I bought mine off ebay for about $700. I didn't have $2500 for the br50. Uses 4pin firewire... ;)

your playing my song, When you say it doesnt down convert via Firewire what do you mean?

It doesn't go from 720p to 480i via firewire

Im not sure where I would even use that, Now im torn part of me wants to try and pul $1,000 out of my butt and get this while its avalible and part of me wants to wait for NAB hoping JVC may release a cheaper tape playback solution. Thanks for the insight.

one last question, If I firewire from my NLE back to the deck in HD will it pass through the signal to the compoent out to a monitor?

one last question, If I firewire from my NLE back to the deck in HD will it pass through the signal to the compoent out to a monitor?

I believe so, I have it doing that via composite to a monitor. You can download the manual from here:

http://books.jvcservice.com/booklist.asp?Model=CU-VH1