Sanyo Quality ????
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How are those Sanyo S950 VTR's holding up? My local dealer has quoted what
seems to be a good price on one but I haven't heard much about them since they
first came out. Any reality check would be appreciated.
thanx,
gary
Personally, I am quite happy with the SANYO. I had it cranking continuously
(I did a video post to VTR of about 12000 frames ) without a hitch and the
result was outstanding. Picture quality is identical to the PANASONIC AG-7750
with a dB signal-to-noise ratio slightly higher using test instruments.
Of course, I still would want the PAR for shorter animations but for my current
needs, the SANYO works. Even with the PAR at $1995 you have to shell out
for the drive and of course the recording VTR. The SANYO VTR also serves
as my record deck for A/B roll editing. The second reason was my rationale for
getting the Sanyo rather than the PAR. In the future I'd like to get the PAR or
something similar like the MAX from Matrox (also for non-linear editing in
addition
to animation dumping).
Compared to the single-frame accurate decks by SONY and PANASONIC the unit
is not as impressive nor does it look/feel "heavy duty" but for the price —
I'll take the SANYO. For info on the price, I paid $2500 for mine.
Hope, this little info helps in your decision.
While others may disagree, I say just fine. Then again, I don't get paid to do
this stuff for a living.
I've had my Sanyo since October, and done (roughly) about 3,000 frames per week
on it, and never had a problem (well — I had ONE problem where one animation
wouldn't work on a spot on the tape so I moved just a few seconds forward and
did it. I think something happened to the time code on that one tape). Then
again, I don't have anything (other than FLC rendering) to compare it to, and
I'm sure the industrial grade big boys here will disagree with me.