Alan Okey
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Oh, and tell your boss he could have bought a full 1080p HD Panasonic Professional plasma display for around $2500.00. A 42″ Panasonic Professional plasma is just over $1000.00. Either of these would stomp all over your consumer LCD TV, and they can be upgraded with input cards for just about any signal – HDSDI, SDI, DVI, etc.
I’m amazed at how many bosses/companies throw money around with no real clue about what they’re buying.
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Cable Electronics AV400C Component Video Distribution Amplifier – $99.50
Buy it here:
https://www.futurehomesystems.com/v600.shtml
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[Cofe] “and while your at it, take a course in video too :-)”
Bob will take those classes just as soon as you take that remedial English course…
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When I have experienced this error message, trashing my FCP user prefereces has fixed the issue.
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Just to throw my hat into the ring, I’ve had great luck with memory from RAMJET.
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Not to be pedantic, but SAS is an acronym for Serial Attached SCSI, not Serial Attached Storage.
Some tidbits:
Some SATA RAIDs use SAS connectors, but they don’t have SAS drives in them.
SAS host adapters can use both SAS and SATA drives, but SATA host adapters can only use SATA drives.
SAS controllers and drives are best suited for server use because the faster drive seek time (due to the availability of 15k rpm drives) and ability to handle multiple simultaneous requests benefits the large number of small IO transactions that servers typically encounter. Video storage doesn’t really benefit from these SAS-specific properties, so SATA drives offer a better price/performance ratio for video RAID applications.
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[Bob Zelin] “REPLY – hey, this is how I make my living, dealing with these people. I can’t yell at them in real life, so I yell at them on Creative Cow. These people are EVERYWHERE – no experience (and they don’t want the experience) – they just want to get the job done.
Where would I be without these people ? “Boy, you hit the nail on the head. I’ve found myself earning more money from consulting than I would ever have dreamed simply because there are so many techically clueless “experienced editors” out there. I’m amazed by how many people pay so little attention to the technical aspects of their craft. The excuse “hey man, I’m just an editor, not an IT guy” just doesn’t cut it. Other artists have to learn their craft – painters need to learn how to mix colors, use medium, etc. Metal sculptors need to learn how to set up a cutting torch, a MIG welder, etc. Why should editors be any different?
[Bob Zelin] “There are many talented young people out there, that know more than the “experienced” AVID editors. You have to have the time to meet with them (and not hang up on them when they call for an interview), and give them a chance. “
Another well-aimed dart of a comment. A few years ago, I applied for a job with a small local video company that shot and produced videos of equestrian events. The guy who ran it was interested in getting into nonlinear editing (he was still using linear gear), and I could have helped drag him (kicking and screaming) into the 21st century. He had no experience with Avid or Final Cut Pro, and no experience with DVD authoring. I could have brought a lot to his business, but he was too busy to get back to me. 5 years later, I’m getting $90/hour for freelance compositing and doing a fair amount of editing, finishing and DVD authoring, and he’s still shooting his little horse shows with SVHS gear. I can’t imagine that his clients are too thrilled with being offered a VHS tape as a deliverable these days… But of course he was an “old pro” who “knew better.”
It continually amazes me that despite all of the free, quality information that is available online these days, far too many people don’t have the curiosity or professionalism to learn more about their own craft and the tools they use on a daily basis.
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[Rich Rubasch] “Where did you find this “deal”?”
eBay.
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By using the uninstall utility that is in the Safari 3 Beta .dmg folder, you can roll back to the previous version.
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[Winston A. Cely] “I want to hack the BIOS so I can run whatever card I want. How do I do it, where do I go to get information, etc…. Am I p*ssing up the wrong tree?”
You’re pissing up the wrong tree. The Mac Pro doesn’t have a BIOS, it has the Extensible Firmware Interface. That’s the real reason that so few cards are working on the Mac Pro at the moment, not because Apple is evil and trying to make an extra buck. Besides, Intel created EFI, not Apple. Apple is just being bleeding edge by adopting it, much like they did with USB and Firewire. For a detailed explanation of the difference between BIOS and EFI and how it relates to Macs, follow these links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Firmware_Interface
From Roughly Drafted:
“Imaging MacBooks: Understanding MBR, APM, & GPT”
https://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Home/0E960A5B-E16E-40A6-B4FD-E4C28F77A366.html
“How Apple’s Firmware Leapfrogs BIOS PCs”
https://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Home/7CC25766-EF64-4D85-AD37-BCC39FBD2A4F.html
As more graphics cards begin to support EFI, the situation should improve substantially.