Chris Harlan
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[Kevin Patrick] “Now there’s a term I haven’t heard in a while.
It seems to me, people assume SSDs are better. Better than HDDs.
But is that really the case? Does anyone know what the shelf life is of an SSD? Sitting untouched, without power for years?
“No moving parts, so probably. Huge accent on probably. No moving parts is a big plus, but diodes and transistors aplenty, all of which have shelf lives of their own. Here’s an interesting bit on SSD drives:
https://dfarq.homeip.net/2010/10/ssd-myths/
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As a side note for those who are curious, Sony’s Tagajyo plant is back in production. If you never saw the damage, TVTechnology hosts a link to a good video report of it here:
https://tvtechnology.com/article/119938
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[James Culbertson] “I was talking about magnetic tape. I assume you are talking about film? And if not, what magnetic tape format (including LTO) isn’t toast after 20-30 years or so?
“So was I. Magnetic tape has a much longer average shelf life than a hard drive, which I think you will find, most vault managers will warn you will potentially fail within in a few years (as few as two) just sitting, unmoved, on a shelf. This observation is made without even factoring events like earthquakes, which, here in LA, are a common occurrence. I invite you to contact any major entertainment storage facility or studio vault and see if you get a different recommendation. I doubt you will. You will also find this opinion greatly seconded by many corporate IT leaders, who routinely backup and archive their networks on magnetic tape. I find, when it comes to program masters, that it is SOP with nearly all of my clients. Generally, everybody keeps both, with the tape as the safety. This may all change when/if EEPROM based SSD is ever as cheap as either tape or traditional hard drives.
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I don’t know what kind of bad things you are hearing about MacBook Pro, but personally, I’m not particularly interested in doing anything more than a loose selects reel on a monitor smaller than 17″. 15″ in a pinch. What exactly are you hearing that makes a MacBook Pro unappealing to you?
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Greg, I suspect that that was actually Kevin’s point. At least, I took it to be. A bit of the old sarcasm, there, don’t ya know.
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[James Culbertson] “I’d be more concerned about the gradual disappearance of decks and particularly the shelf life of tapes. Similarly, at some point the i/o device makers will stop supporting analog i/o I would assume.
“Actually, I think you will find–if you take the time to consult vault managers–that tape has a far better shelf life than mechanical hard disks, and is still prized as the leading archival format, at least pre-Tsunami.
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[Simon Ubsdell] “[Chris Harlan] “The DPS Perception PVR!”
Another cracker! I was so excited when I started using this 🙂
“This is what the revolution was. And it was more than a decade ago. It still continues. On my laptop. On broadcast files I send from home to London. On newer, better tools with each iteration. What I can do with Adobe, Avid, FCS, is truly amazing.
Despite all of the hyperbole being exhausted on FCP X, I don’t see it at all as revolutionary. I think it has some potential uses. I think it offers some respite and insight to newbies. I think it has a few interesting ideas. But, in many ways, I see it as a step or two backwards. I see it as dramatically limiting choices rather than expanding them. PVR was part of a true revolution, one that we are still reaping. To say that FCP X offers anything near as dramatic is just gas.
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[Chris Harlan] “Dang. I can’t remember the name. I think it was the first, or nearly first, broadcast card.”
The DPS Perception PVR! All I had to do was hit “post” to remember it.
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[Christian Schumacher] “Speed Razor…
Coupled with a Targa it rendered video to sequential TGAs, BMPs, etc.
Then you could just take those directly to After Effects on another box.
Or to any other effect oriented software.”At the time, it blew my mind for what it let me do. Also, broadcast video! Before that, it had been all EDLs and offline/online for me. It was really remarkable, back then. I had one of those Digisuite cards, but I also worked on a Targa station and a–oh, I can’t remember it–the card that saved video in the variety of still formats. Dang. I can’t remember the name. I think it was the first, or nearly first, broadcast card.
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[Craig Seeman] “Many people seem to believe FCPX isn’t as capable though. It may not be superior but it works in certain professional environments meeting certain professional needs.
“Craig, I really don’t know of anyone who is making the claim that FCP X can’t preform the most basic editorial functions (other than those that we all agree it specifically can’t, like broadcast monitoring and output to tape).