[Joseph Owens]

“I have absolutely no doubt the DaVinci panels are superb, but, realisitically (sic), aren’t they a bit overpriced?”

Without intentionally dashing out to step on toes… not really, no, they aren’t. They used to be a LOT more than that. And precision milled out of solid aircraft aluminium, with balls more spherical than competition billiards. Realistically, colorgrade should be precision work… disagree? At certain budget levels, sure, go for the plastic. But if its a prime-time series with a million-dollar budget for color alone… better get the tools for that, but you know, choose an appropriate level. If you’re working on a short 210 event-something with a budget of $5K, a couple of hours of white balancing doesn’t require unlimited tiers of node-based power windows with planar three-dimensional matte tracking… which you might otherwise find useful for coping with a 750-or-so event episode in 8 hours or less for a dramatic prime-time series… or a three x14-hour day session to finish the latest Saatchi&Saatchi ‘Chanel :30’ with a room full of agency-types (but those days are probably gone).

Just a guy eking out a living on the edge of the tundra shoveling snow… yours truly,

jPo

PS If anybody would be interested in trading a set of 3 Tangent 200 series panels (T/S, B/K and K) for a new Resolve panel (say, someone developing the driver software for the Tangents ;-)), I’m game. I know the Resolve panel won’t drive Apple COLOR, but frankly I’d either just order another Wave or swap the one I’ve got back and forth between systems. Horses for courses… the distilled wisdom of the CML.

You mean “Old Ben”? Ben Kenobi?

[Joseph Owens]

[Tony Manolikakis] “could you not put an ATI 4870 or 5770 in slot 1”

No. The Resolve interface needs nVidia throughout.

jPo

You mean “Old Ben”? Ben Kenobi?

[Joseph Owens]

GT285 is somewhat power-hungry in comparison, idling at somewhere around 211W, and can consume up to around 620 under load.
The early spec is that FX4000 is somewhat more efficient, idling at 184 according to the literature…

However, I’m interested in knowing what those who are hoping to run both Resolve and COLOR on the same machine are going to do to negotiate the single display port, when COLOR really should be running with a dual-display, or does one opt to do without the preview display and scopes, or forget about all that and go back to the over-crowded single-display mode. Seems like a poor choice.

But it seems like 2xFX4000 for a dedicated Resolve would be a nice way to go, and is probably all that I’ve been waiting for…. time to start configuring that new 12 core….

jPo

You mean “Old Ben”? Ben Kenobi?

[Joseph Owens]

Ha. I’ve been chiseling instruction sets into clay tablets in Babylonian cuneiform for a couple of months now and it works like a charm. What are you guys complaining about?

jPo

You mean “Old Ben”? Ben Kenobi?

[Joseph Owens]

We used to be able to redefine the Session Basemem. If you were working with a particular stock on telecine and had worked out an excellent “one-light” setting from a TAF, for example, then hitting the Basemem button would return you to the “Kodak says” values.

I don’t expect we will be able to “dissolve” between the D and E mems, though right?

jPo

You mean “Old Ben”? Ben Kenobi?

[Joseph Owens]

[Sascha Haber] “And unlike the 7.0 manual, you need to register for this one.”

Odd, I was able to download and read the Configuration Guide Update without registering for it.

Still didn’t like what I saw.

jPo

You mean “Old Ben”? Ben Kenobi?

[Joseph Owens]

[Sascha Haber] “If you plan on building a kickass system, wait a while…”

My point, accurate to about 8 decimal places.

Never go on the first interstellar mission. The second one will pass you on the way, the third one will be waiting to greet the second one.

jPo

You mean “Old Ben”? Ben Kenobi?

[Joseph Owens]

https://www.tangentdevices.co.uk/support.asp

You mean “Old Ben”? Ben Kenobi?

[Joseph Owens]

Ah, humor…. maybe.

For Apple-onlys,

[jake blackstone] “What’s a hp xw8300?”
would be perplexing.

Think “Avid”.

jPo

You mean “Old Ben”? Ben Kenobi?

[Joseph Owens]

[Darin Wooldridge] “a 2008 Mac Pro
Model Identifier: MacPro3,1
Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 2.8 GHz”

etc, (except I’ve got 10GB of DDR2 memory) is exactly my most up-to-date machine, and it is not on the supported or recommended MacPro chassis list as published by BlackMagic. But this is what you’re doing your Beta testing with?

Can’t get enthusiastic about a half-fast system, so until there is convergence with asset write-down cycles and the Linux system, it would still seem to favour the latter as the long-term (LOL, at least in PC lifespan) most preferable configuration over the Apple offering. Having gone down this road once already, this is starting to have the feel of the $32,000 version of Final Touch — understanding yes, there are some very fundamental platform differences. Like maybe Resolve actually delivering on its performance specification (with all the approved customizations) would be very refreshing. However,
Apple will very soon have to show some initiative with their “professional” level of hardware, or it will become obvious that they have changed their business model and it is time to leave them to selling gadgets. Meanwhile there are other fish to fry, as they say.

jPo

You mean “Old Ben”? Ben Kenobi?