This has been my experience, also, with a pair
of VX2000s. This "hiss problem" exists for those
into conspiracies, corporate intentional malfeasance
theories, or whatever - but laughable to those of us
who make videos with this gear... Is the VX2000/PD150
perfect? No. Is it good enough for the purposes it
was designed for? Yes, and more. Why bother
nit-picking (except to just note the shortcomings),
and getting all excited about a relative non-issue...?
If one is after the very highest attainable quality,
(in both practical *and* theoretical terms) for image
and sound, get nothing less than a double-70mm IMAX
film system with 6-track 90db+ s/n sound; short of
that, at under $2500, the VX2000 permits some of us
to produce high-quality video productions, affordably
and easily. How terrible of Sony to offer this...!;-)
On Thu, 11 Jul 2002 00:33:15 GMT, NIKO
>In the unit I use, I have noticed zero noise in the final stages of any
>edited production created with my pd-150.
>
>I do, however, hear hiss in the headphones only.
>In article
>SIGFILE@rcn.com says...
>>
>>
>> > ...I have no proof, but since Sony decided to fix the
>> > troubled PD-150's but not the VX-2000's (they share much of the same
>> > audio components I am told), I am of the belief that the bean counters
>> > not the marketing people made the decision to live with the problem...
>>
>> Of course. Who do you think makes decisions in a giant corporation?
>>
>> But my belief is that they didn't fix the PD-150 either. Reports I've
>> heard about other sound problems with that camera suggest they simply
>> updated the audio software to include a simple gate. This:
>>
>> a) Makes the noise disappear during silence, but it's back during dialog;
>> b) Makes the s/n spec look better if the technician doesn't know how to
>> measure it properly;
>> c) Isn't as good as applying a multiband noise reducer to either the
>> PD150 or the VX2k in post;
>> d) Has zero unit cost, something bean counters love. A better preamp or
>> ADC chip would have seriously cut into the product's profit, unless the
>> price were raised... something the marketing people couldn't live with.
>>
>> I'll be running true noise specs, distortion, and some other measurements
>> on a number of cameras this weekend -- including the PD-150 -- for a
>> future DV Magazine article.