Tinopolis purchase Panasonic DVCPRO HD equipment

Panasonic has announced that Tinopolis, the expanding Llanelli based independent television production company has moved into HD with the purchase of Panasonic DVCPRO HD equipment.
Tinopolis has ordered DVCPRO H.D cameras, recorders and other equipment worth over £300,000.
The HD equipment will be used on 'Wedi 7' the Welsh Language soap programme both from the company’s Llanelli base and Tinopolis’ North Wales studio in Caernarfon. Production will digitise material straight into a central storage system which will improve work-flow in its busy production centre.
Ian Lowe, General Manager of Panasonic Broadcast, said of the purchase: “Consisting of five AJ-HDX400 Camcorders and AJ-HD1200 VTRs, this substantial order will be seen throughout the production community as an affirmation of the improved workflows and cost effectiveness of this combination and we will be supporting Tinopolis in its move into HD."
Editing native 100 Mbps DVCPRO HD via the HD1200 VTR through Firewire into Final Cut Pro is currently one of the most cost effective production workflows in the industry. This cost model is helping programme makers to make HD programs for Digi Beta budgets, a real break through in HD.
The industry has been awash with speculation of the best way to achieve HD production for many years now and Panasonic feel they now have an elegant, cost effective and reliable solution producers can depend upon without pushing up production costs and limiting creativity because of new technology. Suitable for a wide range of programme applications from sport to drama this combination of equipment confirms Panasonic’s ability to cover production in the 1080 High Definition market.
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