Mitchji
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[Harry Pallenberg] “Are you using one?”
Hi Harry,
I am not using one. I thought the review might be helpful.
It also states that there is one other card available that works with PCI-E so you not only have the review but a choice if it doesn’t work out.
Best Wishes,
Mitch
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The Sonnet Tempo SATA E4P is the first shipping four port external native PCI Express (PCIe) 4x SATA host adapter for PowerMac G5 Dual-Core models, which were released Oct. 19, 2005.
Until recently, there was only one Macintosh PCIe SATA solution, which was the Highpoint RocketRAID. It uses a bridge board instead of a native PCIe interface. The Tempo SATA E4P allows the user to use Disk Utility to setup individual drives or a RAID, supports sleep mode, hot swap, passes SATA hard drive temperature data and is compatible with port multiplier enclosures. Many of these features are not available with the Highpoint solution.
No Boot Capability
The Sonnet Tempo SATA E4P does not have boot capability. FirmTek SATA host adapters provide this feature for PowerMac models with PCI or PCI-X slots. However, no company has released a PCI Express SATA host adapter for the Macintosh that supports booting so far. -
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Hi Graeme,
Zero to 100 IRE is better because there is more dynamic range in the picture. The problem is that North American NTCS uses 7.5 to 100.
Most DV equipment outputs black as zero IRE. Its more difficult to do it accurately but you can calibrate your monitor to match, so I can see how that would work.
But then what happens when your material is played back with equipment that (correctly) adds set up?
What happpens when its played back on a properly calibrated monitor?
On the other hand if you optimize the picture for 7.5 IRE black what happens when its played back on monitor that is set up for HD, which I believe uses 9 IRe for black?
Thanks!
Mitch
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Hi Thax,
Check here:
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/video_levels_nattress.htmlBest Wishes,
Mitch
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Hi Peter,
Thank You Very Much!
Mitch
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[Thax] “Sorry, no.
I use NTSC monitors feeding directly from the analog outputs of DV camcorders in the field for Framing Monitors.
The image coming from the camera does not have set-up applied.
The playback of the tape is, of course, identical in black-level.The playback of this footage from FCP is identical as well.”
Hi Thax,
Sorry but you are incorrect.
North American NTSC is specified with black at 7.5 IRE. Of course the image from the camera and the tape and FCP all match, you are playing through the same or similar equipment.
There are two issues here.
1. On correctly adjusted NTSC monitors nothing below 7.5 will be displayed (thats the spec). The monitor should be adjusted with the pluge so that absolute black is 7.5.2. To meet this spec a lot of equipment adds 7.5 (DVD players for example). So if you create a DVD from your material it won’t be correct.
As long as you are using a misadjusted monitor and limiting your playback to equipment that doesn’t output correct North American NTSC you will be fine but otherwise…
Best Wishes,
Mitch
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[Rich Rubasch] “I wonder if it will allow a dual-boot state with both OS running at the same time, like Virtual PC.”
Hi Rich,
I agree its a better solution but no, it only allows the choice of booting one OS or the other.
There is speculation that in future OS’s they might allow both OS’s to run at the same time but Apples statements about not selling or supporting XP make that seem less likely.
This will be much easier to accomplish with OSX running on Intel so it will probably just be a matter of time.
For example (scroll down):
https://www.macrumors.com/
Techworld.com reports that a company called Parallels will be announcing their virtualization product for Intel-based Macs later this week.According to a company representative, “We will enable users to run multiple operating systems (like Linux and Windows) simultaneously with Mac OS X”.
This is distinct from the dual-boot solutions that have been previously described. Instead, users can run these alternative operating systems in a window under Mac OS X.
Best Wishes,
Mitch
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[walter biscardi] “Most people completely forget that Apple is first and foremost a hardware company.”
Hi,
That is because the reason to buy their hardware (which generates most of their incomoe) is their software.
This is the business strategy that allowed MS to start taking over the OS market when Windows 1.0 was competing with early versions of the Mac OS.
Best Wishes,
Mitch
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[Thax] “Your monitor does not need to have set-up applied when viewing a digital source.”
Hi,
If you are viewing Digital footage via an analog connection it DOES need to add setup.
If you are viewing via SDI then you still need to verify that the monitor is set up to display black at 0 IRE via the digital input.
Best Wishes,
Mitch