SPVC has just taken delivery of our Sony MRC-1K Memory Card Recorder which allows to record to memory cards instead of those pesky tapes!
Sony MRC-1K Memory Card Recorder
Currently, we have tested it with our Panasonic DVX102BEN and Canon HV30 and has worked seamlessly, except for the fact that the recorder has to be switched on and fully booted up before switching on the dvx102 else there would be problem of recording stopping by itself intermittently or otherwise, it works perfectly.
Great Thanks to Chris from Expandore who helped us troubleshoot the problem we were experiencing.
For the 16gb compact flash card that we bought together with it, we could record 16gb of DV/HDV footage, which is longer than what tape can. A great advantage.
So now, its goodbye to tapes and acquiring footage’s on memory cards. This has speed up our workflow significantly. Currently, we have used it for the polyforum pre-forum activities coverage and it has allowed us to do express highlights, same day edits of footage. Its just basically shoot, import and edit. So simple!
Now, we need harddrives and a NAS to store the footages in digital form 
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