[Dagoberto Patlan]

Well, I too have heard the “good news” about BorisFX and I’m confident this is on the up&up! I agree with many of you about 844X and have high hopes for HD on the Mac platform (I cut my first HD show on it and I had ZERO problems!)

I am a user of both the i system going back to 1997 and the 844X from the very beginning and I have to tell you that both products have their uses. The workflow on 844X is untouchable even as it stands today. The “pricepoint for performance” is unmatched and I love it…even though I’m a Mac man! My personal media 100 at home is a Mac (and I’ve got 3 more around the house!)

Like many of you, I’d love to see “Elise” finished (though bootlegs have been floating around) officially and you are right about the hardware issue. Will it happen? Only if there is a demand and there was not alot of resonse from many 844X users when the ex-engineers tried to do something a few months back. I wish that had happened too!

BorisFX is a software company so I have some concerns about the future of 844 & even “iHD” as it stands today. Now that the software is (or soon to be) 100% free of the M100 hardware, my first thoughts are, “will the hardware go away completely?” “Will we be using Media 100 with Kona and BlackMagic cards for capture in the future?”

Maybe…would that be bad? Not really except for those who bought into 844 and the promises of HD (we have 2.)

Future?

I will say this, I can finally rest in the fact that the Media 100 product at least lies in good hands and we can all hope that they live up to a great legacy and continute down the right path, continue development (hard and soft), keep a great product going and perhaps help some users have some closure.

“I n every revolution, there’s ONE man, with a vision!”