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HD and SD compromise?
Hello,
We are a small UK based production company about to upgrade one of our old Avid MC. We already have a FCP HD suite built on a Cinewave card (purchased only 6 months ago and already obsolete-never mind). Most of our work is still acquired on DigiBeta, but we are about to get a Sony Z1 to replace our in house PD150. We have also shot footage on a Varicam which needs to be edited. As yet we have no need for full HD capability; therefore we don
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Hi Otis, I put a reply for you in the AJA forum.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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The Decklink HDLink is excellent for monitoring HD, although 720p doesn’t fill a 23″ screen, but 1080 does lovely. Due to it’s firmware upgradeability, new features just keep getting added to it. Nice.
For hard drives – forget firewire and just get a big Xserve RAID and forget about it. Really.
Graeme
– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects for FCP
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[Graeme Nattress] “For hard drives – forget firewire and just get a big Xserve RAID and forget about it. Really. “
For 8bit SD and DVCPro HD, Firewire 800 works beautifully and is MUCH quieter than the X-RAID’s, not to mention much cheaper. I even cut 10bit on them no problem.
But if you really want to fibrechannel, I’m also running the Medea FCR2X here (2TB) and it’s really really fast and I believe it comes out a bit cheaper than the X-RAID’s.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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True, but you’re forgetting the shear sexyness of the Xserve RAID! And all the flashing lights.
Graeme
– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects for FCP
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[Graeme Nattress] “And all the flashing lights”
No, no, no, you haven’t lived till you enjoy the great light show from the Medea’s in a darkened room. 🙂
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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But can you dry your hair with the fans? And also, don’t forget that the Xraid doubles as a weight lifting exercise. That 100lbs really gets your blood pumping as you move it into position.
Indeed, I was impressed with what I saw of the Medea at NAB, but I really like the aluminium look, and the robustness of the Xraid.
Graeme
– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects for FCP
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You silly boys! You’re both wrong!
SATA RAID is the way to go! Waaaaay better performance than FW800 with a price to match and cheaper than Xraid!
😉
Marco Solorio | OneRiver Media
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[Marco Solorio] “SATA RAID is the way to go! “
Difficult/impossible to work with Xsan when you want multiseat.
Plus with SFP GBICS you can site your XSR up to 3km away!
Peter
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Which is often necessary for the volume levels! 🙂
Graeme
– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects for FCP
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I *totally* agree, but multi-seat/shared use and lond-distance storage was not asked in the original post! 😉
Marco Solorio | OneRiver Media
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