[Mitchji]

Hi,

You can probably get a Dell 24″ for the same or less than the Apple 20″. It is reviewed here:
https://www.barefeats.com/lcd.html

Look for a good price here:
https://dealmac.com/categories/Computer/Peripherals/Monitors/Flat-Panel-LCDs/76.html

The 24″ is currently $899:

Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24″ Widescreen LCD Monitor for $899 shipped
Date: Dec 14, 2005

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

Hi,

Set your capture export size limit to 4 gigs and export the footage. This will create segmented QT files. Then burn the individual files onto two DVD’s.

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

Hi,

Set your file export size in FCP to a little over 4 gigs and export your finished DV. This will create segmented QT files that you can back up to as many DVD’s as required without any quality hit.

The advantage will be cheaper more compact and probably more durable archive.

The disadvantage will be the time it takes to copy the DV to multiple discs (assuming its over about 20 minutes.

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

Hi,

Bens advice is good as far as it goes. But I would do more:
1. Do a complete boot partition backup to another drive or partition before you do any updates. This way you aren’t burning your bridges behind you.
2. Run Disk Warrior (better) or disk utility repair on the hard drive.
3. Repair permissions.
4. Do the archive and install installation.
5. Update to the latest version of Tiger using the “combo” updater (Macfixit has found that the combo updates are the most reliable.
6. Repair permissions.

Following these guidelines will reduce your chances of problems and if you do have problems you will be able to continue working with your old configuration. The backup will only be a hassle if you are not already doing periodic backups, in which case its a good idea to start.

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

[MitchJi] “Barefeats reviewed the Dell 24″ and thought it was better than the Apple Cinema but I can’t find it now on their site.”

Hi,

Here is the link:
https://www.barefeats.com/lcd.html

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

Hi,

Have you considered Dell widescreen LCD’s? If you wait for a sale they are available at big discounts. Check for deals here:
https://dealmac.com/categories/Computer/Peripherals/Monitors/Flat-Panel-LCDs/76.html

This is the current listing for the Dell 20 widescreen:
Dell Home again offers the Dell UltraSharp 2005FPW 20.1″ Widescreen LCD Monitor for $434.25. Shipping is free. It’s the lowest total price we’ve seen for this popular display over a month. (It slipped under $400 in October.) The 2005FPW sports a native resolution of 1680×1050, USB hub, and S-Video, composite video, DVI, and VGA inputs.

Check this review of that monitor:
https://www.mymac.com/showarticle.php?id=2143

An excerpt:
You see, there is only one supplier of 20″ 1680×1050 resolution panels that manufactures in volume – LG.Philips. Accordingly, Dell’s 20″ 2005FPW panel uses exactly the same LCD panel as Apple’s 20″ Cinema Display. Dell prices for monitors start out somewhat less expensive than Apple, but are frequently discounted by massive percentages, something Apple is not known for.

Barefeats reviewed the Dell 24″ and thought it was better than the Apple Cinema but I can’t find it now on their site.

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

[Matt G] “So, as far as the crucial ram goes, I’m better off NOT buying the PB from Apple with 2GB ram installed and just getting the ram from crucial?”

Hi,

Crucial RAM is just as reliable so compare the prices and make your own decision.

Why are you planning on getting the Powerbook. If you need a system you can transport and don’t need it to run on battery power you might want to consider a iMac G5. This is what a friend who edits on location had to say (with the iLugger case its easy to move around:
“I just got my iMac today – infinitely faster than any powerbook I could have bought at three times the cost. I got the cheapest I could find: a new 1.6gHz 17″ with a CDRW/DVD and 256 RAM on eBay. I upgraded to 1GB RAM and got the iLugger bag. The total was about $1000 for everything.”

Here is the link and information about the bag:
https://luggerbags.com/G5.htm
“See how you can go from desk to bag in 30 seconds.
Just SLIP the iLugger over the monitor, then FLIP the bag over, then after putting you mouse, keyboard and misc. items in the iLugger, just ZIP it up! SLIP – FLIP – ZIP”

One more thing to consider is that a new Powerbook is a pretty expensive system. Intel versions will probably ship in the first half of 2006 at which point a G4 Powerbook will probably depreciate a lot.

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

[Jerry Hofmann] “I’m having great luck with my Hitachi SATA… was a 7200 RPM 8mb disk cache unit…”

Hi,

Some models of Hitachi have SSC turned on also. Barefeats has a list of model numbers.

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

[Danrnw] “you finish a 30min show, all NTSC, and one of the people
featured is from London so you want to send him a DVD of the
show that he can play over there. It needs to be PAL correct?”

Hi,

All PAL DVD players play NTSC DVD’s. They output a signal with NTSC resolution and frame rate and PAL color space. Most PAL TV’s produced since mid 1990 can display this signal.

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

Hi,

Did you drag the files and folders to Toast using the data tab with Mac and PC checked?

What speed dit you burn at? Try 4x. If that doesn’t work try 2x or 1x.

Best Wishes,

Mitch