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UPDATE: YEAH, the promo video was shot with the Varicam, because it was shot months before the cameras were ready to play with.

Learn about Panasonic's AG-HVX200 - 1/3" 3-CCD 16:9 HD/DVCPRO/DV Cinema P2 Camera with CineSwitch^TM Technology, CineGamma^TM Software and IEEE 1394 Interface

Here's the official Panasonic page on the camera - so perhaps all of this "there's no component!" is merely carping because of

a.) they don't have it working yet, or more likely,

b.) they just didn't have that cable adaptor plugged in at the time on the show floor

But according to the Panasonic website, they should be shipping the NTSC version in time for Christmas, and the PAL version in Q1 of next year. But the NTSC version will shoot 1080 res 24p, and that's what we want/need/crave.

There is also a downloadable promotional video presumably shot on one of these cameras. The website says "shot with DVCPRO HD" which the camera will do, and the footage looks good but not amazing, so I'd believe it. There's just a little voice in my head that thinks "the more expensive Varicam shoots DVCPRO HD, and they didn't specifically say the spot was shot with an HVX-200." They probably did shoot with an HVX-200, I'm just paranoid after working in marketing and advertising.

-mike