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I haven’t set it up yet as I am waiting on a new quad motherboard. I have a Sony HC3 to test with and I will post the results when I do. Thanks for posting… I think this card may have a place in producing part of a full length feature if it is stable. I however am not going to spend a lot of time trouble shooting it if it is buggy. If this test works out I plan on installing 4 of them. I am currently testing/using some very costly industrial cameras and this will be a much better rout if it works.
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Did anyone else on this board buy an BM Intensity?
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Yes Bob, This is all true. I have been running a contract graphics production and IT biz for over 15 years and I have taken some very hard hits on equipment that became “obsolete” by industry standards before I had even recovered my cost on it. I get a sick feeling when I buy new equipment. The only reason I am buying equipment now is for some independent studio video production and to work with a movie industry heavy that wants to do a feature length HD indie video. As disks are getting cheaper I am recommending to him direct to disk recording (raid 1 for backup) rather than tape. HDMI is for behind the scenes 720p 30 and the primary shoot is 1080p 24 with industrial cameras that do not have HDMI or tape transport mechanisms. For the virtual set work we need the lightest wieght, highest detail and lowest cost we can get. So far the system that I am testing is working well (Except that we are STILL waiting on an HDMI capture card) so I can’t comment on that. When his project is done it will be transfered to film. Also, for this application, the production gear can not be rented.
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The advantage for me is that I can buy a camera and a capture card for about over $1300 and shoot 720p and 1080i uncompressed in the studio. I need at least 720p uncompressed DTD so this fits the bill for multiple cams (one cam per PC, 4 PCs). When the PCs are not capturing video they are being used for other tasks. An SDI solution would be much more costly. Please correct me if I am off target here…
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It is a matter of being able to scale up systems for more streams for me. I have a budget and want to get the max content out of my investment/shoot… really no different than buying film or tape in my case… Capturing HD direct to disk offers me a 4 camera shoot rather than three if I can afford it. Also, All streams need to be backed up live in real time so the more the better.