#EVO-9650
Mike,
The SVO 9600 will stand up for animation just as well as the EVO 9650 and you
won't be paying a higher price for a more limiting deck. The Video quality on
the 9650 may be a little better, but it's not better after 1 or 2 generations
and it is still a poor format for doing continuous single frame animation.
Sony doen't say it is frame accurate because they don't want to sell it into
that market. They want to sell the EVO. It costs more. (supposedly the
justification is that animation is specialized enough). Sony markets a
different deck for different purposes, they don't want you using the same deck
for multiple things when your only paying 3-5k for it.