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>There are also cost savings that come from using cameras which record
>onto solid state media or HD discs (bluray). These are not subject to
>the same environmental issues of tape recording, and they save massive
>amounts of time at the beginning of the editing process as they upload
>into the editing servers as data streams. Video tape recordings have to
>be digitized in real-time.
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>Considering the amount of footage shot, that is a huge number of hours.
>Probably easily in the upper hundreds of hours (likely in thousands over
>the whole season), that can be avoided by not using tape. Even in
>smaller productions such as one hour cable shows shot in simple
>environments at primarily one location (think home improvement) the
>time/money savings from not having to digitize from tape in real-time
>are considerable. That is just the beginning of the value for there are
>many more issues of streamlining post production using tapeless cameras.
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>This is a case where a major network's show is a dinosaur being
>eclispesd in - at least - post production cost savings and efficiency,
>as well as future-proofing, buy smaller network and cable channel shows.
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