CompuServe Messages

>>My rave was looking a little thin for awhile — it needed some proping up! Don't worry! We all have our system at one place in the process chain. Anyone who has a 386-33 and moves to a 486-66 is really impressed with the speed but then someone will come along and brag about their P90. And the P90 heads will be out done by the guys with the Onyx and workstation class software. Many of us PAR owners are still looking for the day when we will have a fully networked A66 and NLE with D1 decks. It never stops! As a comparison, I just got out the calculator and figured that I did 22 years of recording and frame grabbing with my PAR since owning it. I used to grab or record one frame every 20 seconds. Now it's 600 frames every 20 seconds. As far as the resolution difference is concerned, you probably won't notice much difference between the targa+ 512 and the par 752 when recording to a 7750 in SVHS mode. There is a distinct difference, however, when recording to betacam SP and viewing in the component mode. Resolution is not the only factor to consider. The PAR will also have better noise figures and other specs than the targa+ and these are also visible on a good monitor. The main thing that is constantly badgered on the PAR is it's compression ratio of 10+ to 1. Although this seems high when compared with comparable technology, the MAX that is bragging about a 3:1 ratio, the 10 or 12 to 1 of the PAR has only been an issue with people I run into on this forum. It has not ever come up with my clients. Now here's a good offer for you: I'll sell my Diaquest DQ-50P with Action Animator, manuals, wiring notes, and cable set for $150. The cables with BNC's and other hardware alone is worth that much in my junk box. Let's see if I have any takers. Note: At that price it comes with no lessons in frame by frame, that's extra. <G>