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Phillip- thanks for the link. Those are much better prices than i was seeing in my searches. I also am a fan of TDK dvd-r media. i particularly like the silver inkjet hub printables, but find the surface a little fragile (I know this is a little off topic) but have you used these and had similar experience? If you know a fix or comparable disc that is scratch/water resistant please PM me?

And now we return you to the thread in progress....

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Originally Posted by Perrone Ford (Post 1005134)

Bryan,

What's your thoughts on the new JVC? Bringing XDCam into the $3500 price range on SDHC?

Let me first say that I have not had any hands on with this camera and so the following statements are impressions but are not grounded with personal experience. I spent the last couple days looking at reviews on this product and I am a little underwhelmed with it for my needs. It does look like an awesome cam. The best review (IMHO) was at this link http://www.thedvshow.com/first-look-...-jvc-gy-hm100/ and here in the forums. It is a strong entry into the XDCAM market especially if you are a FCP user. Obviously to deliver XDCAM at the $3500-$4000 price point some sacrifices had to be made. From what I can tell, the sacrifices were made in the glass and chips. Like the HD1000U, it only has one ring on the lens, and it has smaller sensors than the SONY XDCAM EX cameras. The XLR inputs are nice but it looks like the inputs are a hard-mounted adapter that plugs into the camera via a mini plug would be a little hesitant there too. Don't get me wrong it has some really nice capabilities but i would be a little hesitant to make it my a-roll. I also wonder about battery life given the cam is CCD based.

For me, I am heavily invested in the Sony line of cams and the FX1000/Z5U would mesh nicely with my batteries chargers and other equip and make a nice lead to my HD1000U. Keeping within the same brand is always a good idea when possible. My hope at this point is really to run this year with HD1000U as b-roll and Z5u as lead cam. Save and sell my HDV kit next year and replace with 2 ex cams.

I would imagine the JVC offering would complement well with someone who is shooting JVC HDV already, especially if there are shooting the 200 or 250 versions since they can do 1080...but for me it would mean investing in 2 of them and a boatload of new accessories. So that is my thoughts on this cam for my needs.

I did use the silver ones one time, but I actually decided to go with the white - not sure why, I guess I just felt that the colors stood out better or something. I haven't found a Blu-Ray disc yet with that, but I would guess TDK either already does or will, since they did for their DVD-Rs.

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Originally Posted by Philip Gioja (Post 1005767)

Bryan, I was discussing media with a client of mine and he did a little searching for me.

I also use Taiyo Yuden Watershield DVD's and the BD disc's mentioned still does not offer watersheild technology, there is no way I can deliver a product to a client if it does not offer this. As for my acceptable price range, I have no limit as the customer ultimately pays, I would personally like to see 30-40% price reductions before I switch. I invested a lot of money into DVD back in the day and prices plummeted a year after, I'm waiting for that and it will happen pretty soon, early adopters always pay for the development of technology, not to mention slow speeds.

When I can buy Watershield or Thermal BD disc's locally I'll go right ahead. I'm giving Blu-Ray till end off this year to mature after that I'll be forced to invest no matter the cost.

Very sage advice. Thats been said before but not quite so well.

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Originally Posted by Travis Cossel (Post 1002520)

I think the answer of HD delivery is going to be different for everyone. I firmly believe it's bad business to just "give away" the technology. If you build the extra costs into your packages, then that's great, but if you're throwing it in as a freebie then I think that's probably a bad idea and just sets a bad precedent. Half the problem in our industry is we have newbies popping up all the time who give practically everything away, and it stunts the growth of the industry. It also conditions brides to think that many things aren't of high value, since so many of the upstarts are just giving those things away.

When I first started out, I mostly charged for what I provided. I made mistakes, though, like anyone else. One of the first of these was in travel. I didn't charge a penny for travel. I thought it was a great idea to get a leg up on my competition. The trouble is, when you start doing destination weddings and you aren't charging for travel, you're losing money. I might have booked more destination weddings than my competition, but I wasn't making as much as I needed to since I was spending so much money on travel. I would have been better off just booking local weddings and turning a better profit.

So whether or not you decide to offer an HD solution, I would encourage everyone to look at how you offer it carefully. Avoid the temptation to just give it away for free, because that only hurts your own business and the rest of the industry.

As for me, I switched to HD this past year, fully expecting to have some interest from couples. More than 6 months later and I haven't had a single couple interested in HD. In fact, roughly 50-75% of the couples I meet with don't even own an HDTV. That absolutely shocked me. So make sure you know your market when you're making this decision.