NewTek NAB news
I didn't get much time to study the new PAR, but I hear from reliable
sources that it is very cool. As for the Flyer external, I assume
that's what you meant by 'xbox' because I couldn't think of anything
else that meant :-), I think it's an interesting solution. There may
be literally dozens of other video-hard-disks out there today, but
few if any are portable and controllable from an LCD front panel
display monitor. It's much like an appliance that happens to use
some well-known and lovable gizmos inside.
As for Trinity? I think the real secret to Play Inc. is that they're
going to sell gajillions of "Snappy," their $200-ish parallel port
video digitizer for the PC, and it's going to dwarf any potential
sales from Trinity. And it's also very possible that they'll make
more money by spinning off and unbundling the applications for
Trinity, than selling the box itself. The paint program is killer.
How many paint programs can you think of that have a time-line
editor?