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Panasonic Ships HVX200 with Free 16GB P2 Card

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December 12, 2007 Source: Studio Daily

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Panasonic announced today that, starting this month, it will be shipping new AG-HVX200 P2 HD camcorders with a free 16GB P2 card (model AJ-P2C016RG).

Customers who buy a new HVX200 from an authorized U.S. Panasonic reseller* will receive one 16GB P2 card (a $900 value) and a copy of The HVX Book by Barry Green included inside the box at the time of purchase.

On a single 16GB P2 card, professionals can record for 16 minutes in DVCPRO HD, 40 minutes in DVCPRO HD in native 720/24p, 32 minutes in DVCPRO50 and 64 minutes in DVCPRO. With the HVX200, which has two P2 card slots, users can double record times.

The ultra-versatile HVX200 records in 1080i and 720p in production-proven 100 Mbps DVCPRO HD quality, with the ability to capture images in 21 record modes. The DVCPRO HD format offers users cost-effective, intra-frame compression, where each frame stands on its own for editing, and its full 4:2:2 color sampling allows the image to hold up under color correction. The camera records video on a P2 card as IT-friendly MXF files in 1080/60i, 30p and 24p; in 720/60p, 30p and 24p; in 50Mbps DVCPRO50 and in 25Mbps DVCPRO or DV. The HVX200 can capture fast or slow action in 720p at various frame rates—the first time this function is available in a hand-held camera. The shooting frame rate in 720p native mode can be set for any of 11 steps between 12fps and 60fps including 24fps and 30fps.

For more information on the AG-HVX200, visit www.panasonic.com/hvx200

Comments (4) for "Panasonic Ships HVX200 with Free 16GB P2 Card"

"production-proven 100 Mbps DVCPRO HD quality"???
Once again Panasonic are using half-truth's about their product. Once again the HVX 100mbps MYTH rears its head.

The HVX bitrate is frame rate dependent. The most common format of HD shooting on the HVX is 720p 24fps and this is NOT 100mbps at all but 40mbps!

And, even then, that bitrate is only so high because of the utter inefficiency of the DVCProHD codec. This is evidenced by Panasonic themselves who show AVCIntra at 50mbps with greater quality than DVCProHD at 100mbps. They really do want it both ways and are happy to sprout the mis-leading "100mbps" line in an effort to disparage competing HDV and XDCAM formats which are more than twice as efficient and so run at lower bitrates.

16mins on 16gb card??!! You've got to be kidding me!

The DVCproHD codec is a dinosaur and the PC Card bus of P2 is antiquated. The idea is right and the mechanics of the HVX asa camera are superb but its codec and recording medium are deeply flawed. And the marketing spin around it is downright misleading.

Posted by Mike Jones on Thursday, December 13, 2007 @ 06:19 AM

Dear Mike, Where do you get your info??? As for me, side-by-side evaluations between Cannon, JVC & Panasonic show the proof. It's still the HVX200, hands down! If you don't like 16 minute cards, try the 32.

Posted by Tim Smith on Monday, December 17, 2007 @ 11:51 PM

About time they bundled the cheese of the offer with the product.
I'm glad to see that the 16 gig P2 card is included with this offer. That "is" the right way to do things.

I love the DVX100b, I love my HVX200. I hate Panasonic's non-customer service as it relates to rebates and specials.

I can only commend someone for this marketing special (in the box). If I needed another HVX200, I'd jump all over this knowing I didn't have to pray for the company to follow-thru with mailing it later.

Posted by Mike James on Monday, December 31, 2007 @ 02:06 PM

Panasonic at least could to delivery an upgrade software to allow record AVC-Intra 100 to HVX-200.

Posted by M Torres on Friday, April 25, 2008 @ 08:44 AM

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