Chrissay 0 #1 August 23, 2004 I'm looking to purchase a DV deck for our video concession at the DZ. I really don't know a thing about them. Does anyone have any experience with them? What brand is the best? Best place to purchase it from? It looks like the prices range from $600-$1000, I'm just looking for a simple deck, any suggestions? thanks! edited for spelling Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #2 August 23, 2004 Hi Chrissay, What do you mean by a "DV deck"? A mixing desk with DV or firewire input? Never seen or heard of one (not for 'prosumer' use anyways). Plenty of analogue mixing decks out there. Or are you after a specific DV tape deck, eg a high end VCR? -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chrissay 0 #3 August 23, 2004 Sorry, I wasn't very specific and I don't know much about them! We need it for video editting, so something with firewire inputs. We edit on Adobe Premier and right now we just use a camera to dub the video onto VHS, but I'm afraid frequent use of the ports is going to damage the camera. edited to add: and the camera is mine that we use and I would like to actually jump it and not have it used for editting! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites nacmacfeegle 0 #4 August 23, 2004 So...you want a tape recorder (VCR) that will be permanently hooked up to the computer running Premiere? You'll still have to pop the tape out of the camera flier's cam. Anyways I use a Sony miniDV deck like this, its a GV-D300, I don't think they make them anymore, but its great. Just about any camera would serve the purpose, somebody somewhere must have a cam that no longer works as a cam but may still serve as a 'target deck' for you. I have one, an old PC7 but its the wrong format (PAL)-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JayhawkJumper 0 #5 September 1, 2004 You have three options. You can just buy an extra camera for a couple hundred dollars, which should last quite a long time if you just leave it hooked up and use it for dubbing. The second option is to get a consumer grade DV deck. They mostly come as an SVHS/DV combo. The downside is that you won't get much more life out of it than buying an extra camera, and its more expensive. The third option is to buy a professional grade DVCam deck. They are durable as hell, and are fully timecode equiped. They are more pricey, probably over $1,000. You could probably get one from B&H for between 1-2,000. Check out their website. You would definately get the most durability out of one of these, but if you don't want to spend the $, I'd just get cheap camera. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
nacmacfeegle 0 #4 August 23, 2004 So...you want a tape recorder (VCR) that will be permanently hooked up to the computer running Premiere? You'll still have to pop the tape out of the camera flier's cam. Anyways I use a Sony miniDV deck like this, its a GV-D300, I don't think they make them anymore, but its great. Just about any camera would serve the purpose, somebody somewhere must have a cam that no longer works as a cam but may still serve as a 'target deck' for you. I have one, an old PC7 but its the wrong format (PAL)-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JayhawkJumper 0 #5 September 1, 2004 You have three options. You can just buy an extra camera for a couple hundred dollars, which should last quite a long time if you just leave it hooked up and use it for dubbing. The second option is to get a consumer grade DV deck. They mostly come as an SVHS/DV combo. The downside is that you won't get much more life out of it than buying an extra camera, and its more expensive. The third option is to buy a professional grade DVCam deck. They are durable as hell, and are fully timecode equiped. They are more pricey, probably over $1,000. You could probably get one from B&H for between 1-2,000. Check out their website. You would definately get the most durability out of one of these, but if you don't want to spend the $, I'd just get cheap camera. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
