Titan HD

[Jens Piotrowski SOC]

I'm sure you can modify the internal antenna with an external connector........

[JobScholtze]

I'm sure you can modify the internal antenna with an external connector........

Or place the whole unit high and run a bnc cable to the monitor

[RonBaldwin]

Or place the whole unit high and run a bnc cable to the monitor

 

that's what the son of a dit does on my show.

[chris fawcett]

Here are the Titan HD prices:

 

904TS0129 TITAN HD pack (Tx + Rx) €8,700

904TS0133 TITAN HD Rx only with 5 antennas €5,200

904TS0131 TITAN HD option Down Converter Rx (only 60Hz & 50Hz) €600

 

And la piece de resistance (that's French for 'the dog's bollocks')

904TS0132 TITAN HD Light pack (Tx + Rx) €4,500

 

The 'Light' version is the same uncompressed quality as its big brother.

[Thomas English]

I have been using transvideo's UHF receivers for years for my Modulus. They get gaffered to C-stands at the start of the day and they love it. Send the whole unit up there.

 

I am interested Chris, how much delay is there? For music videos where the director starts telling the artist off for not keeping synch.

 

4500 e for the HD lite, great. You can rely on Transvideo tech being solid, reliable and well worth the money. It can seem expensive at first but a few years down the line it obviously becomes very good value.

 

So a transvideo HD steadicam monitor and an HD Lite it is. Better save up!

 

Thomas

[chris fawcett]

I am interested Chris, how much delay is there? For music videos where the director starts telling the artist off for not keeping synch.

Hi Thomas,

 

There is no delay. I'm pretty much decided too. On my last job I was cabled on stairs :( Never again!

 

Chris

[Thomas English]

It is tough though. I think it has to be the 8700 euro version because of the number of 35mm jobs. Are video taps going to bother going HD I wonder? Do you reckon the full version is steadicam friendly.

 

I suppose the reasoning is that everything has gone HD except commercials and feature films and they tend to have their own video village. There probably is no point spending the extra 4000 euros and peranently carrying the extra kilos on servicing short films and super16 music videos with digital wireless, they can have my modulus.

 

I do not seem able to charge a la carte for wireless. Producers simply want to cut something all the time and for me cutting wireless is non negotiable. I prefer to have a more expensive package and the producer has to think less.

[chris fawcett]

Thomas,

 

The full version is definitely Steadicam ready. I used it for 5 days at the 2009 IBC. The RX is large, though—not a portable unit like the 'light' RX.

 

Video taps are going HD, but too slowly to make any difference to us. I'll get the Transvideo 'light' version, and buy a crappy SD system too (video taps are often crappy anyway). If you feed them regulated 12V, they don't burn out too often. Maybe it's a crazy idea, but does anyone know of a portable (matchbox-sized) video scaler to up-convert SD to HD?

 

Like you, I charge a set fee that includes all my gear. If I ask the production company to pay extra for transmission, they cable me. They don't have the right experience to make decisions like that, and why should they? I take the decision out of their hands by bringing everything (even the Handsfree). It makes my job easier, and keeps them happy.

 

Chris

[JobScholtze]

Is there a difference in quality between the light version and the big brother?

[chris fawcett]

Nope!

[Thomas English]

I am going to make a decision over the next 4 months if I will stay with PAG or go with V-Lock. Is this TX an inter V-Lock tx ?

[chris fawcett]

I am going to make a decision over the next 4 months if I will stay with PAG or go with V-Lock. Is this TX an inter V-Lock tx ?

I use both, but like V-Lock better. The Transvideo is V-Lock.

[JobScholtze]

I am going to make a decision over the next 4 months if I will stay with PAG or go with V-Lock. Is this TX an inter V-Lock tx ?

I use both, but like V-Lock better. The Transvideo is V-Lock.

So its 4500 for the steadicam friendly package. Hmm, intressting. Gonna keep an eye out for it.

[chris fawcett]

I'm getting the full version of the Titan HD for testing. We can arrange a demo in the Netherlands if you like.

 

Chris

[JobScholtze]

I'm getting the full version of the Titan HD for testing. We can arrange a demo in the Netherlands if you like.

 

Chris

I have seen the titan on the IBC. I am more intressed in the light version. But a demo is always good. Perhaps i could bring the idx wich i use in the meantime and we do a compare.