Yeah, they were doing software "pixel shift" to get pseudo-HD out of it which ended up being of similar quality to the HVX, which wasn't full-HD either (I think it was the Hydra that was the version of the Andromeda tech for the HVX). But it was 4:4:4 and, color wise, looked every bit as deep and rich as your better BMCC videos and the like.
It had to make folks like Sony really pissed off because this was happening around the same time as the first picture shot on the Genesis and that was a very bumpy ride (Superman Returns, which I was working on at the time...meh, not very impressive). HDV was still sorta trying to make an impact and DSLRs hadn't shown their true potential yet. For under $5K an Andromeda was a breakthru beast.
This was also the rise of the affordable (read non-P+S) 35mm cinema adapters for DV/HDV cameras. I had a Redrock Micro M2 and that solved the aesthetic implications of tiny camcorder chips since it gave my DVX "Full Frame". It was just big, and heavy.
Andromeda was good - however I doubt it was anything near the BMCC even though the BMC doesn't have the same color information - the base iso of the DVX was sub 100 and it didn't have the same DR - we are talking about a 10 year old camera here.
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Andromeda was good - however I doubt it was anything near the BMCC even though the BMC doesn't have the same color information - the base iso of the DVX was sub 100 and it didn't have the same DR - we are talking about a 10 year old camera here.