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PMFJI – Not only do you get better recording, by bypassing the tape, but the resolution of most cameras are better than the resulting resolution recorded to tape. I seem to remember that our Canon L1 captures over 500 lines, but records close to 400, a 20% loss. The NewTek portable D2 recorder, which houses the Toaster/Flyer for Windows, has a battery pack so it can be carried on location. It has room for 3 3.5" drives (max capacity at this moment 4GB each) which, at 5 minutes per GB, would record just about one hour. That resolution produces almost no compression loss (see DV article on NLE systems) and, therefore, completely eliminates the drop frame features of Hi8. Of course, it would also be easy to hook up to in the studio. In either case, the drives are designed as plug-ins, so spares could be swapped out for more capacity. At current pricing, the 4GB's are about $1,900. Hank Videology, Inc Where service is our business with P.O.M.P. under all circumstances