CompuServe Messages

I absolutely respect Greg's judgment, and he is my primary Adesk dealer. I have been asked up front by clients what format I will deliver, and been told that if it's not BetaSP don't bother. What am I supposed to do? Lie and give them something else? I'm honest with myself and my cleints and do everything I can to provide what they ask for. Not only that, but I'm proud of the video quality I'm able to achieve, and not shy in using it as part of my marketing tactic. It's worked so far, but the company is young and I'll of course have to see if it causes trouble in the future. I'll take your experience into account. I will defend non frame by frame completely (I use the A66 far more than single frame), and am as excited as you by its emergence on the affordable market. While I didn't see the latest PAR, I can tell you that I've never seen a JPEG image with compression greater than 10 that looks as perfect as its targa original. While this may not be noticeable on the PAR in many cases, I'll bet there are plenty where it won't work. I have $3750 invested in single frame technology, and use it ONLY for previews right now. I've yet to get a client who will accept S-VHS, but there are a couple on the horizon. I bought the VTR with previews in mind, and figured any final output would be gravy. I am considering the MAX for myself for several reasons: 1) I have seen its output and think it's incredible. 2) With a SCSI array the compression level of the JPG's will be minimal (less than 10) and BetaSP quality. 3) It has 720×486, which is what I need for previews 99% of the time. ) I have had good experiences with Matrox and wish to continue doing buisness with them. I will, of course, evaluate the PAR before making any decision and would be happy to spend less than $5k for what I need. The biggest problem I've got with the PAR is that it can't do full screen 720×486, and, thus, won't be useful to me as a preview device. I've seen the Bandit, it's not as good as what I've seen of the MAX, and I think the PAR will be better, too. Of course all of this and just about everything else I say is my opinion. I always consider what anyone says to be opinion, unless it's backed up by numbers and testing, and even then I'm not so sure…<g>.