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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM Out of curiosity, how do you deal with the media cost? What I'm seeing is $500 for 8GB and that seems excessive to me. The media spec claims a data rate of 800 Mbit/s, but most of the XDCAM formats record arou…
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FCP, of course, although I had to pay for an upgrade to v 6.0.2, and really hadn't touched it since v.4, and then only lightly. I need to go back through all the courseware! Fortunately I have an "All-you-can-eat" account at Lynda.com. To save ti…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Bancho So ideally, the $999 Macbook wins here hands down, right? ...because it still has FW. Or for that matter, a cheap, used 12" G4. Although I believe the milled Al case of the new MacBook would be my preference …
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Quote: Originally Posted by plokoonpma As I said, NO CONSUMER camera has SDI, yours is a PRO CineAlta, that is also why I didn't pointed to the entry level price of Sony HD acquisition as I did with Panasonic, they have P2 but not as good as your…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hmurchison Revolutionary is such a tired word. CNC milling has been around for a while. The type of close-tolerance machining used in high-volume production today is far different than it was even a few years ago.…
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Quote: Originally Posted by plokoonpma I think the only Pro's or enthusiast that would love a MacBook with firewire will be DJ's and people who work with audio and has some or several FW Audio rigs. Or the wedding shooter or a school teacher and …
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Quote: Originally Posted by plokoonpma No consumer camera has SDI output. Those features are loaded up on cameras worth 20K and beyond and believe me, NO ONE plugs it thru FW to use it as spooler. There are many more decks and cameras but the du…
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Quote: Originally Posted by plokoonpma Look is nice of course, but what people really want is the fast graphics, bus & memory on it. For those who want that they need to wait a couple of months or check constantly the "Apples hot deals" cause…
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Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips Good summation . I do about 7 or 8 hours a day in front of a Mac and the 30" ACD plus 23" ADC are wonderful, just wish I could afford the second 30". My point is, if you spend that much time and are in g…
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It's not a full-powered computer, it's a pocket computer-phone. Hybrids always have limitations, and rarely achieve "best of both worlds" feature sets. "Economy pickup trucks" can neither pull 10,000 lb loads nor get wonderful fuel economy, but they…
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NEWS FLASH: Vendor not selected to provide components says Buyer made a mistake. Film at eleven... (or streaming cell phone video?)"
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Quote: Originally Posted by Urenstaat I am worried though for the creative artists who need FW to get their work done, or need a matte screen because looking at a mirror screen for 9 hours non-stop is no fun.. I am in that category and for the la…
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I wonder if the version of iMovie HD shipped with new MacBooks will include a disclaimer to instructions on connecting with a FW-port, or a compatible camera list reduced to those with USB.
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Quote: Originally Posted by RichL Don't you think that the adverts perpetuate the myth that Apple users are a bunch of floppy-haired, vitriolic, smug wankers? Some of us fall into that category but not everyone. Lots of overweight, couch-pota…
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Quote: Originally Posted by extremeskater You are clearly not a heavy Excel or Publisher user. ... Pages is okay for light Publishing work but not in the same league as MS Publisher. You're joking, right? Just because Publisher hijacked part…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Inferior to having nothing? It's quite comparable as they were not replaced with another writable media right away. We can blame that one on Jobs, by God... ever since the first NeXT cube with a 128mb MO …
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I confess to being drawn back to this thread over and over, and a couple things really amaze me: 1. The number of people who accuse Apple of being greedy by tuning product line feature sets to force the market to make a buying decision favorable…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Targon Obviously Apple does not consider anyone's time but their own as important. If they did their marketing muppets would've had a fantastic time dreaming up some spectacular eSATA data xfer rates and designing some…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nanto Yep, as a recent Mac usert I will dump my latest camcorder that is only 16months old and also throw away my external hard drive and buy everything new, WOW fantastic solution. Most families have a camcorder that…
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Quote: Originally Posted by scotty321 So really, it's about ALL THREE of those issues: (1) FireWire camcorders, (2) FireWire hard drives, (3) Target FireWire mode. Don't forget flatbed scanners. I never had anything but slow performance from o…