[Rick Neely]

Hi Tim,

never took it as a smart @$$ comment. Appreciated your input and the response to my SATA inquiry. I did some research after the posting and now understand how it works. the Macruders option seems like the best plan of attack. Many thanks to you and everyone else’s help.

Rick

[Rick Neely]

Hey,

still getting lots of great response. Wanted to ask though- I was still under the impression that the IO uses the entire firewire Fibre channel, making it difficult to go from a tape deck though the io via firewire and back to an external media array via firewire. Is my assumption correct? incorrect? outdated? or am I simply not fully understanding what SATA means. Guys?

Rick

[Rick Neely]

Thank you all for your thoughts,

to answer the last post, I haven’t given up on DV or DVCAM. I still plan on acquiring a DSR deck in the near future. And of course am watching sharply for the HDV development and eventual wide-spread use. But most of the places I work with (clientele, cameramen) are still pretty content with sticking with Betacam SP for now. They, like me, will eventually adapt, but the need here for HDV just isn’t there yet. ‘Sides, I’m supposed to get a GREAT deal on the SP deck.

Thanks for all youe thoughts, guys. Take care.

RN