OK, rented an JVD HD-100 for the weekend to test it out as a possible future camera, problem is that is giving me serious capture problems...
I used a brand new Panasonic MQ tapes to avoid this issue but im still getting dropped frames which is killing my interviews as its cutting out parts i need. Problem is that my usual route for getting around bad parts on a tape is going to uncontrollable device and using capture now. However, to capture HDV in FCP, you must use the HDV Firewire settings, hence timecode and dropped frames.
So this is a rental, i need to get this solved pronto but not sure on how to proceed. Final delivery is SD anyway so i can downconvert but the JVC's can't do this in-camera. The only other HD equipment i have access to is Sony's HDV but thats 1080i, not 720p.
OK, thats where i am at, i have no idea what to do next, any and all suggestions are appreciated...