View Full Version : Outrageous prices in the UK


Mark Thorpe
March 7th, 2006, 03:22 AM
Check this out:

http://www.libraprobroadcast.co.uk/proddetail.asp?prod=panasonic%2Daghvx200&cat=37

And this is for the NTSC version with no accessories or P2 cards ......... over $12k

I think those in PAL countries had better brace themselves for final pricing on the HVX200E if this is anything to go by.

Cheers,
Mark Thorpe.

Gareth Watkins
March 7th, 2006, 03:45 AM
Hi Mark

Check out this site seems more reasonble

http://www.creativevideo.co.uk/public/view_item.php?productID=851

Regards

Gareth

Peter Jefferson
March 7th, 2006, 08:47 PM
here in aus, with no cards or mic, your looking at 10k AUD

Mark Grant
March 8th, 2006, 06:14 AM
They don't call us 'ripoff Britain' for nothing.

Mark Thorpe
March 8th, 2006, 04:15 PM
Why do you think I left the UK 15 years ago?? Too damn cold, expensive and apart from that my work requires calm, warm, clear Oceans - again definately something England is not known for, unless things have changed since I left !! I don't think so though.

Cheers for all the comments. It may just be better for me to go the NTSC route and eventually, in a year or so from now, potentially look at a second PAL unit. My bank manager's gonna kill me!!

Thanks,
Mark Thorpe.

Dean Harrington
March 8th, 2006, 09:03 PM
Fly, fly and fly to buy!

Leigh Wanstead
March 8th, 2006, 09:47 PM
Fly, fly and fly to buy!

Why not order directly from USA?

I bought my microphone from bhphoto for around US$600.

Regards
Leigh

Mark Grant
March 9th, 2006, 06:13 AM
It may just be better for me to go the NTSC route and eventually, in a year or so from now, potentially look at a second PAL unit.

Can't you just shoot 24fps on an NTSC camera? Shouldn't be hard to convert from that to PAL or NTSC.

Toenis Liivamaegi
March 9th, 2006, 07:15 AM
As far as I know none of PAL only progressive cameras have or will have 24p for some reasons...
Check specs, every damn PAL camera does 25p and not 24p - even DVX didn`t.
And PAL version of HVX will assumably do only 50p instead of 60p.

For me NTSC 24p HD cams look better even here in PAL land.

Yasser Kassana
March 9th, 2006, 10:41 AM
I thought videokits price was pretty good.

http://www.videokit.co.uk/cgi-bin/store1/commerce.cgi?pid=1580&cart_id=1141822265.32465

Sergio Perez
March 9th, 2006, 08:28 PM
As far as I know none of PAL only progressive cameras have or will have 24p for some reasons...
Check specs, every damn PAL camera does 25p and not 24p - even DVX didn`t.
And PAL version of HVX will assumably do only 50p instead of 60p.

For me NTSC 24p HD cams look better even here in PAL land.


Not even JVC H100? I tought it did that...