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Merlin: a very good response. Your experience completely describes the lack of a "broadcast quality" standard. It really is a station standard and I'm not so sure of that. I once did a piece for a national network show on VHS (underwater shoot) and it aired in prime time and won "best of season" for adventure segments. The network boys did a good job of making the VHS stuff look good though. Point is: go by the actual specs on the board to make your decision. Then get opinions on this forum as to whether the specs are valid. I found that to most on this forum "broadcast quality" is whatever they have that is best in house. To some it's SVHS, to others it's beta SP, and some it's Abekas /Exebyte/ Svc. Bureau. As far as targa+ is concerned I've been very happy with mine and I've done broadcast destined work with it. Remember, when you go for the high(est) end technology it takes a bigger bite to amortize the investment and start turning profits. My philosophy is this industry has a quality treshhold that you must determine and reach as minimum to get any business at all. After reaching it you just park yourself in the market and see how far your talent will get you.