David Roth weiss
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The only cost-effective solution is putting your video up on YouTube or Vimeo and sending the link to your client for a phone conference, None of the cheap solutions for simultaneous viewing over the Web really work adequately without a VERY expensive internet connection, making those solutions not very cheap after all.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss ProductionsDavid is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.
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Wow! This is an interesting discussion, and Ryan, you raise some terrific questions.
Per your final question about AJA and others contending against BM’s disruptive pricing… All I tell you is, since I’ve been on both sides as buyer and seller, this is a very tough business for all on both dudes of the equation. The democratization of video has been a mixed blessing at best, wonderful for newbie filmmakers compelled to communicate their ideas, but not so wonderful for many who have invested their lives and their treasure to build successful careers before the democratization.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss ProductionsDavid is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.
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Well, I don’t want to burn any bridges here with BM, cuz I really do like a lot if what they do, but I have say, that my experience with them from the sales side pretty much sucked even more than it does on the buyer side.
If a customer became frustrated, and would call me to try to get answers from BM, there was a 99% chance that, even with the assistance of my reseller rep, could get nowhere. I actually hope someone at BM reads this, though I’m certain they’d do nothing even if they did.
BTW, another huge issue at BM is their propensity to show cool stuff at NAB, take orders, then not ship the product for years. For example, when they acquired Teranex, it took them approximately two years to ship a working 2D model, and approximately three years to ship the 3D model, and both had huge issues too that took even more time to fix.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss ProductionsDavid is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.
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I agree with Herb… The customer service and support at BM are virtually non-existent. On the other hand, you pay almost exactly 200% for similar AJA devices that do have the best support in the biz.
The bottom line is, do you have more time than than money, or more money than time?
Oh, and let’s not forget, if you choose BM I/O cards you can use Resolve, and most can even use the free version – choose AJA or another brand and you’re out of luck, no Resolve for you.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss ProductionsDavid is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.
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Sounds like someone else now owns a BM camera you never wanted to see again Ryan…
One of the terrific aspects about the democratization of video and the incredible pricing that BM has helped to bring this industry is that no one is stuck with gear that’s so expensive that a bad purchase can financially ruin anyone these days. And, if we sell something we don’t like, even if we eat 50% of the original cost (which seldom actually happens), so what, no harm, no foul.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss ProductionsDavid is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.
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Bill, anyone with even a modicum of integrity would have apologized and offered a retraction.
Look, let’s face it, whether you’re like Scientologist, or just a plain old Apple can do no wrong Fanboy, is there really enough difference between the two that we should be splitting hairs here?
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss ProductionsDavid is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.
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The best framerate conversion is via hardware, such as Teranex.
2nd best is via hardware, such as AJA Kona card
3rd best, try cutting and pasting everything in your timeline to a new 24p timeline, render, and check for issues. You may wind up with a good quality conversion, but you won’t know until you try. (***keep in mind that Adobe has tried like heck to make Premiere as codec and framerate automatic as possible for the user)
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss ProductionsDavid is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.
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[Bill Davis] “David Roth Wise, I’m deeply disappointed in you. This is at least the second time you have tried to paint X users as cultists on par with Scientologists. That is insulting, extremely rude and you should apologize to everyone here.”
Excuse me Billy Boy, but an apology is in order, because you’re sorely mistaken, if you go back in time you’ll see that someone else here brought up the Scientology analogy about two weeks ago, not me…
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss ProductionsDavid is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.
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[Bill Davis] “Where am I condescending?”
May I suggest a new forum to handle the traffic for that discussion?
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss ProductionsDavid is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.
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[Mike Warmels] “It’s just software that I and you all trying to make a living with. It’s not some damn religion…”
Don’t kid yourself Mike… The church of Apple may not gather to hold hands every Sunday, but it still exists nonetheless. It’s been compared to Scientolgy on this very forum, and I think you know why. 🙂
BTW, to counter some of the banter, just clone your boot drive to a FireWire drive, boot to the clone and update X to give it a whirl. It’s completely non-destructive. (***FYI, this only works to counter the banter of those legitimately interested in the furthering the debate, nothing ever soothes the true fanboys.)
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss ProductionsDavid is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.