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Since the PAR has been out for almost two months now many have experienced the ups and downs of its performance. As far as animation is concerned I would find nothing to complain about. As far as frame grabbing from live video with betacam SP Y/C input my customers have found nothing to complain about. I can see some artifacts on long VHS input though. When the MAX finally does ship it will have some tough challenges to meet with its cost differential to the PAR and the A-65. When I listed all the features of the PAR and its street price to have those features and then compared to the MAX and the street price to have the same features I found a much more complicated system at roughly three times the price of the PAR from a multitude of suppliers. The PAR only required two suppliers– HD and DPS. I support the Greg's sales approach because I do not print my own money, I do not have unlimited funds, I must justify every expense with a ROI followup, and I while I respect those that fear the mention of "street price" on this forum I find comparisons based on MSRP worthless, ludicrous, and an exercise in fantasy land economics. I do not disagree with your reasoning to buy the MAX system, especially if you already own the Ill pro, the EISA platform, the proper HD controller, then you might be in a good position to acquire the balance for the MAX. Those of us who already own a targa+, or AT Vista would be wasting our money on a MAX system. I agree that the PAR does not replace the frame buffer but I can tell you from experience that the PAR can serve as a convenient substitute to view test frames from your editor, or keyframer. Frankly, John, If I had the budget for a MAX, I would have strapped myself a little bit of financing for an A-65.