CompuServe Thread

I'm accustomed to our Panasonic AG7750, a relatively rugged machine compared to the consumer lot. The Sanyo looks a bit consumer-ish but seems to be bulletproof so far. We've been rendering almost non-stop for about 4 days so far. It has some features I wish the AG7750 has, such as the switcher and dual S-Video inputs. It alleges to be about 10 db better in the signal to noise department. We're feeding it with a Targa+ 64 and it looks as good as the AG7750. Because it uses LITC it doesn't fast-forward or rewind with the precision of a higher end deck. For instance-as it screams along in FF it stops short of your frame assignment and then kind of slowly steps to the frame. But it's exact every time. I'm told that it can't read the time code in FF or REW. In single frame recording though…it's as fast as the AG7750. Set at 5 seconds of pre-roll (same as our AG7750) it's very precise, no hunting. It takes no longer than the AG7750 (about 20 seconds per frame). The Truevision rep stopped in yesterday and I showed him the deck. He says he's not at all suprised at the price-performance. Years ago he apparently rep'd Sanyo and said they usually delivered a whole lot of bang for the buck. Only time will tell if it'll put up with heavy duty commercial abuse. If it doesn't it still may be a worthy contender for the more casual animator. The BCD controller (built in) works without a glitch with 3DSr3. I'll keep you posted.