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Best FCP/System Reseller
I’m looking to purchase a new Final Cut Pro System. I bought one 5 years ago from ProMax and am thinking of going back to them. It was a good experience. But, if there are other sources out there, I’d at least like to know about them and am hoping someone has some suggestions.
I stay pretty much in the HD world shooting with Varicam (I have the AJ-HD1400 deck going straight in via Firewire), so in/out is mostly DVCProHD. I have a 1.25T SATA array from ProMax as well, a 2G, dual processor G5, FCP 4.5, OSX 10.3.9.
I want the latest FCP Studio, which of course means OSX 10.5, maybe Aja Io HD? Anyway, I just don’t think my current set up cuts it anymore and want to see what my options are. I want the system vendor to advise me on the best system without getting more than what I need.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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with all the non stop posts about ProMax on Creative Cow, did you not know that they are out of business ?
May I suggest to you that you READ forums like this one, the AJA and Blackmagic forums, and ask people on these forums what monitors they have been using for HD, what storage they have been using, issues that they have been having with different capture cards (from AJA and Blackmagic). You wil get much more honest answers from people here on Cow than you will from any dealer, that just wants your money. FCP 4.5 is pretty old now.
bob zelin
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[Brad Froman] “I’m looking to purchase a new Final Cut Pro System. I bought one 5 years ago from ProMax and am thinking of going back to them. It was a good experience.”
ProMax is currently out of business.
I use WH Platts company here in Atlanta and they cover the entire east coast. whplatts.com
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
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Wow…there you have it. A good first step for me to come here. Had no idea about Promax. Thanks…and I will be doing my research in here.
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Is WH platts only a AVID dealer?
Aloha & Mahalo from Maui
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[Matt Kerstein] “Is WH platts only a AVID dealer?”
No, they sell primarily FCP, I think they only sell lower end versions of Avid. But they don’t handle all that much on the Avid side.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.STOP STARING AND START GRADING WITH APPLE COLOR Apple Color Training DVD available now!
Read my Blog!
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