Portable MiniDV Cassette Player for the HV20

[aurangzeb]

Hello HV20 Users,

I have a query regarding "portable" miniDV cassette players which can be used with the HV20.

I am interested in purchasing such a player and I have already done a google search in this regard but didn't find out much. It seems there are presently two portable miniDV cassette players (Sony GV-D1000 and JVC CV-VH1) on the market but both have drawbacks which may make them useless for the Canon HV20. The Sony gadget, though price-wise OK, does not appear to be HD compatible and the much more expensive JVC gadget evidently cannot play back 24p footage.

Does anyone know of a portable miniDv cassette player which can play back all kinds of footage (HD, 24p, Standard etc.)? Or some soon to be released gadget? Or some other solution?

Thanks,

Aurangzeb

[sp8ce07]

You would need an HD MiniDV playback player. A very unlikely candidate. If you purchased a standard DV player it would not be able to read, render, or properly play your HV20 content.

[Lunchbox]

I'm looking a HDV tape playback device to capture HDV tapes without wearing out the HV20. I'm thinking of getting a HV10. I saw it in TigerDirect there is a refurbished HV10 for $450.

[Erik Bien]

Sony makes an outlandishly expensive HDV deck, but I'm pretty sure the tape drive in the stupid thing is exactly the same as in their camcorders! I think Taky's solution is what most people are doing: buying a cheap HDV 'consumer' cam to act as a feeder deck for their NLE. (I wonder how many HV20s were bought for that purpose?)

[aurangzeb]

Thanks to you all for your interesting input!

In the meantime, Sony have announced a portable HD Walkman, the GV-HD700E, which is being sold in Europe from September and which will be quite useful as an HV20 accessory I think. Remains to be seen though if it can play back footage recorded in NTSC and also 24p. This was not clear from the announcement.

[mik]

Remains to be seen though if it can play back footage recorded in NTSC and also 24p.

there is no 24p recorded onto tape. nor 25p.

get yourself a canon HR10 which actually records 25p and forget about minidv players (at least it seems it records 25p directly :D).