New Tascam HD- P2 portable recorder

hrn · 1st November 2005

http://www.tascam.com/Products/hdp2.html

Guess it's Tascam's answer to Fostex FR-2. Wonder how they compare as I read somewhere that this will be at around $700 and the Fostex is almost the double.

thenewyear · 9th November 2005

to me this looks more like Tascam's replacement for the DA-P1.

PlugHead · 9th November 2005

Nice! finally something's hit the market that's affordable and useful in the location sound dep't too. There was always something killing me about renting a Fostex PD-4: a 10 year old DAT machine @48k/16bit, renting for $100/day, or possibly purchasing one (used) for more than 6 k! - for an outdated, low-res recorder BUT IT HAS TIMECODE!!!!!!!!!!

Right on - I'd like to know what the stock pre's sound like (I'm betting shitty just like the DAP1's), but I assume for dialog it'd cut the muster, but I'm thinking ext. pre's will surely be better.

Thx for the headsup! thumbsup

K.C. · 15th November 2005

Just to add a little clarification to this thread, MSRP is $1299 and street price is $999. SMPTE is not generated but can be recorded, and chased, via an input.

Now if it only had 4 channels they wouldn't be able to build them fast enough for the location video pros.

1st November 2005	#1
hrn Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2003 Location: Gävle, Sweden Posts: 586 Thread Starter	New Tascam HD- P2 portable recorder http://www.tascam.com/Products/hdp2.html Guess it's Tascam's answer to Fostex FR-2. Wonder how they compare as I read somewhere that this will be at around $700 and the Fostex is almost the double.

9th November 2005	#3
PlugHead Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2003 Location: steeltown Posts: 3,420	Nice! finally something's hit the market that's affordable and useful in the location sound dep't too. There was always something killing me about renting a Fostex PD-4: a 10 year old DAT machine @48k/16bit, renting for $100/day, or possibly purchasing one (used) for more than 6 k! - for an outdated, low-res recorder BUT IT HAS TIMECODE!!!!!!!!!! Right on - I'd like to know what the stock pre's sound like (I'm betting shitty just like the DAP1's), but I assume for dialog it'd cut the muster, but I'm thinking ext. pre's will surely be better. Thx for the headsup! thumbsup __________________ Jay PlugHead Productions http://www.plugheadproductions.com

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9th November 2005	#2
thenewyear Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 676 1 Review written	to me this looks more like Tascam's replacement for the DA-P1.

15th November 2005	#4
K.C. Gear maniac Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 162	Just to add a little clarification to this thread, MSRP is $1299 and street price is $999. SMPTE is not generated but can be recorded, and chased, via an input. Now if it only had 4 channels they wouldn't be able to build them fast enough for the location video pros.