So how has this thing held up as far as value at the end of 2019? From what I can see, this is still the best value out there if you are looking for the specific set of features that it provides in its price range. I'm talking digital i/o, premium preamps, timecode, 8 channels, rudimentary metadata tagging and editing. The new pro SD units (8xx) seem like better machines, with smaller size and weight, and there's the app, but they start at $4000. A good deal on a P82 can be had for around $1000, these days. That puts it in the range of the new SD prosumer units (mixpre II), but they lack digi in (although, props to them for adding timecode). Also, one thing the P82 has that no SD unit has ever had (to my knowledge) is genlock, which comes in handy for avoiding drift on say, long concert recordings. You are slaving the audio clock to the camera(s), so you can record all day and no drift. As an alternative to genlock, you could slave the audio clock to LTC being fed from the camera (can SD devices do that?)... but that's less than ideal and doesn't allow you to be the TC master (which is usually the audio techs responsibility on set).
So is this thing still the best bang for the buck for someone doing location sound recording for medium budget films, tv, and concert video (and of course some hobby taping)? Or should I give up on digi in/genlock, and go for something like the SD MP10 II? The 32 bit float, Sony L-mount, and bluetooth app are really tugging at me.