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If you do not allready have Soft VTR think again. Soft VTR controls a single machine only. so any rotoscoping must be done on a single VTR. This hold true for the generally released version. There are some versions for 3rd party RS422 cards that will control two decks. For US$495.00 Animation Commander from Drastic Technologies, gives dual deck support, extreme flexibility in configuration and some nice Windows apps as well. As for decks supported, and which is better, everybody here on the forum has an opimion. I have used ( w/ SoftVTR & Ani Commander): Sony EVO-9650 – HI8 Sony SVO-9??? Svhs- LTC time code only, +- $3500.00 Sony PVW-2800 Beta – Tricky to sync sometimes. Sony BVW ? – Old workhorse Sony VO-9850 – 3/4 Takes a licking and keeps on ticking. Panasonic AG-5700 (rs232) YES you can get single frames but there is a trick and its not very good. Panasonic AG-7750 SVHS – lots of them out there Panasonic MII (forgot the number) Sanyo GVRS-950 -SVHS – WAIT till after NAB, New release w/ TBC, real Sony protocal, and some other fixes. I have laid down over 10000 frames, looks ok for an inexpensive deck. Mine didn't drop a frame. Best of all wait for MAX. Regards, Jim Pope PROSeries Denver