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Panasonic Ships New AG-HPG10 “P2 Gear”

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Panasonic announced the immediate availability of the AG-HPG10, a rugged, highly affordable P2 solid-state high-definition/standard-definition video viewer/recorder. Dubbed the P2 Gear, the 1.1-pound, battery-operated AG-HPG10 provides a host of functions to support P2 workflow in the field as well as within video production facilities, including P2 card playback, transfer and recording, uncompressed HD-SDI transfer, clip file and metadata management, and data back up onto USB 2.0 and IEEE 1394 equipped hard drives.




The AG-HPG10 features a 3.5” 4:3 LCD monitor and a two-slot P2 memory card drive. It offers playback in multiple formats, including 1080i (24p, 24pA, 25p, 30p, 50i, 60i), 720p (24p, 24pN, 25p, 25pN, 30p, 30pN, 50p, 60p), 576i (25p, 50i) and 480i (24p, 24pA, 30p, 60i). It supports downconversion from HD (1080 or 720) to SD (480) and cross-conversion (720 to 1080) for HD transmission.

The P2 Gear is equipped with two industry standard high-speed data transfer interfaces, IEEE 1394 and USB 2.0, for transferring content to a PC- or Mac-based nonlinear editor or FireWire-equipped DV/DVCPRO/HD tape deck. The HD-SDI output allows playback to a larger HD production monitor or uncompressed content transfer to HD-SDI equipped decks, post production systems and storage networks. For added flexibility, the P2 Gear can record from IEEE 1394-equipped DV/ DVCPRO/ DVCPROHD camcorders and decks. P2 cards can also be “hot-swapped” for continuous recording.

To expedite a user’s workflow, the AG-HPG10 features time-saving P2 clip management functions. This portable recorder allows professionals to: copy select clips from one P2 card to another for more efficient use of card capacity, shot mark specific clips, update a clip’s metadata* with specific information such as names and location, or save a text memo to individual clips when recording or previewing.

The P2 Gear’s professional input/output interfaces include HD-SDI output (HD/SD and four embedded audio channels supported), IEEE 1394, USB 2.0 with a host function, SD video out, component and composite video output and audio output (CH1/CH2 pin jacks), and an SD memory card slot. The P2 Gear also supports playback of variable frame-rate sources and features invaluable functions such as waveform/vector scope display (which displays the waveform and vector of a playback video signal or IEEE 1394 input video signal) and continuous loop playback. These can be quickly accessed via three programmable user buttons on the unit. The P2 Gear has 50/60-Hz operation and comes standard with an AC adapter and battery.

With Panasonic’s forthcoming 32 GB P2 cards, available November 2007, the HPG10 can record for over 60 minutes in intra-frame (independent frame) 720p 60 and 1080i, or for more than four hours in standard definition.

The AG-HPG10 P2 Gear is available now at a suggested list price of $3,995 including a 5-year limited warranty program.


Comments (5) for "Panasonic Ships New AG-HPG10 “P2 Gear”"
1.
Man, this thing is expensive. I'm sure it's worth the price if you're using all of its myriad features, but what about if you just need a way of transfering P2 cards to a hard drive? Panasonic's P2 Store seems to be a forgotten product, with its measly 60 GB hard drive, so this is the only other option. For $4000, it's not exactly a bargain.
Really, Panasonic needs to come up with a new P2 Store that can handle up to 2 cards at once, runs on battery power, and features one of those new, portable 250 GB hard drives.
Posted by Helmut on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 @ 06:11 PM
2.
Dude, right on. why didnt they ad a hard drive to this? 250 gig would be perfect. or better yet firewire connection to have any drive you want. I have the firestore and the p2 store, this would be a nice addition, but a bit costly.
Posted by Scott on Thursday, November 8, 2007 @ 02:29 PM
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Actually by the time we would have tested a drive that would withstand the rigors of the testing process, we would not be able to release the product. And if we had found one that work, by the time it was tested it would be too small. Point is that for less that $130 you can get a 160 GB pocket drive that will be able to be handed off to a customer. And even this price has been going down. This product does a lot for the customer in a workflow arena by making it virtually a no brainer for the off-load. A few minutes familiarizing yourself and you are able to go, and it allows you to rename the folders. It also will prep the cards fro going back into the camera and it will playback the footage to the video village monitor. Obviously these are all things that the P2 Store does not do.

Initially, during the product development, I was thinking it should have a drive, but now that I have played with it, I like the fact that I can go get another HDD from Staples and have that work.

Hope this helps,

Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, Panasonic
Posted by Jan Crittenden on Monday, November 19, 2007 @ 04:46 PM
4.
So, are you saying that this device will transfer from P2 to a FW harddrive?

PS - I never got my stuff for the rebates (the book and battery) who do I communicate with?
Posted by Patrick Donegan on Monday, December 17, 2007 @ 08:14 PM
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Wow... $4K is considered 'highly affordable'???
I bought a P2 Store (basically the forerunner of this product)... and I HATE it--it's useless. It generates formatting errors, the interface always leaves you wondering if your P2 card did, IN FACT, get backed up...

The HVX-200 camera is glorious (except that many recording functions are accessed through really badly designed menus and it would have ben a damn near flawless product if it had an interchangeable PL-mount lens system).

The P2 cards themselves are a total godsend, no question.

But for offloading clips and managing workflow in the field, the P2 card-to-Express Card adapter from Duel Systems (under $200, as I recall) is the only way to go for me.... Just mounts the P2 card instantly and effortlessly on my MacBook Pro like any other volume... I'll save my $4k for more P2 cards, thanks.
Posted by b r i a n on Monday, January 14, 2008 @ 01:25 PM

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