Sanyo
Hi Robert. I use a Sony SV0 9600 PRO, which has one or two advantages over the
Sanyo, like being able to do true insert edits, being Quickpass and Turbo
(V-LAN's multi frame per pass utility), and being a sturdier machine. It costs
@ $3200 (when I bought it, rumors of Sony price increases abound), but you have
to buy a VTR controller (RS422 flavored). I use a V-LAN Animax, $1250. This
combination is a bit more flexible, and can be included in an A/B roll edit
suite, something I'm considering for the future.
Matrox is coming out with MAX, a DPS PAR type unit that has an Illuminator Pro
frame buffer (on board CCIR-601 YUV) as part of the bundle and will do 30 fps/
60 fields per second without having to buy a "special" hard drive from DPS.
Any SCSI II Fast drive will do. It sounds like it'll be a real screamer, and
I'm going to test drive it as soon as possible.
Regards,
John Tissavary (La Luna cie)