CompuServe Messages

The quality is the best I've seen for nonlinear (except for uncompressed) (It stomps on our Avid Media Suite Pro) It's definately BetaSP. It will record SMPTE marked areas (automated batch digitizing) and lay off SMPTE I believe. (I'm just the graphics guy.. not an editor.) It will record 1 hour of video, and 2 hours of stereo audio. Additional time/storage can be bought at 1Vid2Aud increments. It uses a custom wavelet compression (it doesn't get blocky like JPEG, only "soft" after multiple compressions.) The compression is in a continual state of improvement- it's CD-ROM upgradable. Very plug and play. (And I'm not a Mac zealot) I like it. Depending on what you need, there may be other options for shorter projects, and more effects laden stuff- like something called the CUB "Dance" It looks really hot, but is intended for smaller stuff (like spots, etc.) It's uncompressed, and has many layers of realtime DVE tracks, etc. It also looks cool, but never seen it in person. Not sure on the cost, I think around $40k, with probably much less storage. A Mac runs the box. JNJ