• Avid Media Composer

  Problem choosing a deck? Please give advice.

  Posted by Satesh Ramjattan on September 1, 2006 at 11:10 pm

  Hello,
  I have been doing a ton of research on miniDV/DV decks and which one would be the best to go with. I checked this forum and the Avid forum as well. I was interested in the JVC BR-Dv3000 and the Sony DSR-11, as well as the Panasonic AG-DV2500. I have heard both pros and cons about these and now I am left confused.
  I am on a budget for this, but
  This is what I need the deck to do most importantly.
  Capture from and Digital Cut to and exact timecode (clients are serious about this)
  I know I need a RS-422-RS-232 Rosetta Stone Cable.

  Can someone plese tell me which direction to head in.

  System Specs…
  Avid Xpress Pro 5.5.3 w/Mojo
  Dual Intel Xeon 3.0
  2 gigs of ram
  Firewire 800 and SCSI drives
  Nvidia GEforce 6800 PCI express

  thanks.

  Bob Zelin replied 19 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Bob Zelin

  September 4, 2006 at 6:52 pm

  the cable is the Addenda RS 2/8 from http://www.addenda.com. I believe it is $98. You better have a RS232 comm serial port on your PC to use this (and not usb) – because it’s a different model if you don’t have a RS232 port on your PC.

  As for the VTR – they all suck, and you should choose based on the tape types you are getting from your clients, or the camera you own. I HATE JVC ! but there is no question that the BR-DV3000 is much better than the horrible Sony DSR-11. I would suggest ebay, where you can try to find a used Sony DSR-45 or DSR-80 for the same money.

  Bob Zelin

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