Using ProRes in HD Production

Is anyone using ProRes in HD Production?
If so:
What is your source material?
What are you mastering too?
Are you using the HQ 220 or Medium 145?
Any noticeable difference between the HQ and Medium quality?
What capture card are you using?
Are you having any problems?
What has been your overall experience?
As part of FCP6 ProrRes has been out for a while but there's surprising little debate about it which leads me to believe that few people are using it, it works great and there's no need for discussion or there isn't a need for it.
We recently completed an HD project with 11 DVCProHD cameras, about 6TB worth of data. We are thinking we would like to switch to Sony HDCam and then capture to ProRes 145.
Any insights or thought would be greatly appreciated.

Is anyone using ProRes in HD Production?
Yes, as a render codec for XDCAM HD.
What is your source material?
XDCAM HD
What are you mastering to?
Occasionally back to XDCAM disc, otherwise just file export.
Are you using the HQ 220 or Medium 145?
145.
Any noticeable difference between the HQ and Medium quality?
Have never used HQ so can't comment (using ProRes as a render codec, for an otherwise native XDCAM or HDV edit, is preset to use 145 only)
What capture card are you using?
Not applicable
Are you having any problems?
No
What has been your overall experience?
Rendering to ProRes is faster than rendering to XDCAM HD!
As part of FCP6 ProrRes has been out for a while but there's surprising little debate about it which leads me to believe that few people are using it, it works great and there's no need for discussion or there isn't a need for it.
There was endless debate about it at the outset, but folks quickly seemed to agree that it was a good thing, superior as a compressed HD edit codec to DVCPROHD, which many had been using for lack of a better option... and then they all just got on with their work. Some adopted it right off the bat, others didn't like the filesize and so stuck with DVCPROHD
I'm inclined to agree with you, that (relatively) few people are using it and that those that are are finding that it works great and there is no need for discussion. The majority that aren't using it are not doing so because they have no need for it.
Thought you were using the BitJazz lossless codecs?

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