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Topic: Digibeta or HDcam?
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Scott Norwood
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From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas)
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 07-07-2010 12:18 PM
HDCAM has some (marginal) advantages from an exhibition point of view, even if the material originated on SD:
- easier to include in a program of other HDCAM material (mainly an issue with shorts programs) - no aspect ratio confusion with 4x3, letterbox, and anamorphic; HD is 16x9 and narrower ratios are pillarboxed inside it (again, this is mostly an issue for shorts programs)
Of course, these don't really relate to image quality per se, and the reverse would apply to a program of 4x3 SD material.
I am both amazed and annoyed at how much video exhibition is still SD, even for HD-originated material. There is not one theatrical venue in the Boston area with a permanently installed HDCAM deck (several have Digi-Beta, and a couple have Blu-Ray). I hope that the situation is better in NYC and LA, at least.
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Scott Norwood
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posted 07-07-2010 11:51 PM
Tony's deck looks like HDV, not HDCAM. I've never had anyone ask for HDV as a screening format, but the decks will play DVCAM as well, so it's still a useful thing to have.
For HDCAM, the usual playback deck is the Sony JH-3 or HDW-D1800. You may need the pulldown card for the -1800 if your monitor/projector will not display 23.98PsF natively. If properly equipped, you can have it do pulldown only on the composite output (for a video monitor) and send the native 23.98 signal out the HD-SDI output (for the projector). The JH-3 will do pulldown internally without extra options, but it can't be applied only to the composite output.
The sucky part about the whole video thing is that the older SD formats won't go away, and a reasonably well equipped venue will need to be able to play back Beta SP, Digi-Beta, DVCAM, DVD, Blu-Ray, and HDCAM for years into the future. This is obviously not cheap and is in addition to 35mm and 16mm film. If you really want to be complete, add 3/4" and VHS. At least the last two aren't expensive.
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