Sony GVD-1000 Mini DV Walkman
 

Dose anyone use the Sony GVD-1000 Mini DV Walkman to edit with instead of your camcorder?

Sometimes. My friend has one, which he is so kind and lets me use it when I need it. It's a great little editing deck, very expensive!

Thanks for the input. I found it at B&H Photo for $1,050.00 and I am trying to decide wether it is worth the money.

Yes, I think it is worth the money.

Check out the private classifieds in this forum someone has one for sale for 600$.

I've been using this deck for 4 years and although it's getting a bit worn out, it's worked fine. It's seen some heavy usage over this time, and I suspect it's going to need some work soon, but it has undoubtedly saved my camera's drive motor. As far as the price- it seems way high, but there aren't many options available. I would recommend it to anyone. Mike Rupp

Hey Guys thanks for the valuable input. I will be purchasing a Sony walkman as soon as I can put enough cash together. I just bought a GL2 and a DVX100 and my wife says I need to slow down a little. They just don’t get it do they.

Sony GVD-1000 Mini DV Walkman
 

I just sent mine back.

The picture was decent, but the sound was very choppy and sometimes didn't play at all. Very jumpy.

The tapes played fine in my camera, but the Sony was horrible.

Hey Robert what are you going to get in its place?

I am not sure. I've heard this works well with the Canon XL1s: AG-DV2000 DV

But it is $1700.

If you aren't using the XL1s, the Sony should work fine. For some reason the XL1s creates a lot of problems with tape speed and decks.

I may just purchase a cheap camcorder to use as a deck. I basically want to save my XL1s for shooting only. I am worried that a ton of editing will ruin the heads.

That's a Panasonic AG-DV2000 DV

Doses anyone use the Sony GVD-1000 Mini DV Walkman deck with the Cannon GL2 or Panasonic DVX100?

Same question for the Panasonic AG-DV2000 DV deck.

Ron,

What did you end up getting? I have a GL2 that I have to send to the repair shop, which has made me seriously start to look at DV decks.

I am just using a small mini DV Cam as a deck.

I am switching to HD so I will be selling my Gl2 and Dvx 100 and probably some other stuff as well.

Yes, all the time. It's a very good little deck.

As has been the case for almost 3 years, the JVC HR-DVS3U DV/S-VHS dual-deck VCR is the lowest-cost DV VCR. I have used one for 30 months and have had nothing but excellent performance. I also use a Sony GV-D1000 mini-VCR and the two will play each other's recordings, even those on LP, with no mismatches. Forget about any synchro-editing, for automated assemble-editing between the two, as this doesn't work. They both function over FireWire to and from a computer and work with a standalone DVD recorder by FireWire. The JVC doesn't show frame numbers on its front panel or on an analog output display, but it does record them and passes them through from other FireWire sources. It won't read or pass through all the features on Sony Data Codes.

If I had to choose just one of the two to buy again, I would get the JVC, based not just on the lower price, but on the usefulness of its S-VHS deck and the internal dubbing and digital conversions it provides. I have taken many old S-VHS recordings and re-recorded them internally on DV tapes and then transfered them by FireWire to DVDs on my Toshiba HDD/DVD recorder. It does provide an S-VHS to DV pass-through function and also will take an S-Video input from a Hi-8 recorder and output it digitally over FireWire, with no re-recording required. However, unless the analog-to-digital conversion has been re-recorded on a DV tape, it won't carry the timecode that the DVD recorder requires to record it on its HDD or to a DVD.