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FYI: The PAR does play back at 30 frames/60 fields per second! As for why to buy it over a traditional deck there are many. If you record the output of the toaster you are recording a composite signal to your tape. The PAR offers Beta-Cam/MII S-VHS and composite outputs. This means you could master your animation and then rent local post house time and make first generation dubs. Anyone doing comercial work for broadcast will at likely have to provide a Betacam/MII or other high bandwidth tape. Time is also a consideration, missed edit points, and all the other problems that traditional VTRS have. The PAR was created out of my frustration while using the Panasonic AG7500. Single frame editing is very hard on a deck, even the most expensive ones. I have personally burned out a couple of thousand dollars in heads single framing. Most decks have mean time before falure rates in the 4000 to 10000 hour range. Harddrive like the Seagate series we use have ratings in the 250,000 hour range. In making a choice of how to judge solutions for getting your animation to tape I would suggest taking the advice of someone that has done alot of it and has some Video know how.