Greetings all, I was just wondering if my JVC HD100 was capable of capturing from a tape that has DVX100b 24p advanced footage? Also while I have your ear, I was looking through the menu on my HD100 and could not find a way to turn off the recording signal light on top of the camera. I like recording actors doing practice takes and I don't like for them to know the camera is recording. Is there anyway to do this? Thanks in advance.

Hey Steven,

I can't answer your first question, but I can help you with the second one. In the HD100 menu system go to Others->Front Tally and set it to OFF. The "tallies" (beats my why they're called that) are just the LED notifiers on the camera for when you're recording.

I learned this and a lot more from Tim Dashwood's ProHD DVD. The camera instructions certainly don't explain this stuff.

Cheers,
- Sean

Greetings all, I was just wondering if my JVC HD100 was capable of capturing from a tape that has DVX100b 24p advanced footage?
Yes it can. It can also record 24P advanced (2:3:3:2) in DV mode, just like the DVX100.Also while I have your ear, I was looking through the menu on my HD100 and could not find a way to turn off the recording signal light on top of the camera. I like recording actors doing practice takes and I don't like for them to know the camera is recording. Is there anyway to do this?
Yes. The light is called a "tally" and you can set the front tally and/or back tally on or off. I leave my front tally off and back tally on so only the little red LED lights up at the back but the actors can't see it.

Well you learn something new everyday! Thanks a lot guys