PVR purchase questions
29-Sep-95 09:48:32
Sb: #193107-PVR purchase questions
Fm: Tim Krego, [pro.image] 74513,747
To: Doug Hembruff 102711,1127
>Are there any new A/V drives out there.
>What about the Quantum Grand Prix drives?<
Check with DPS.
>Is Matrox Millennium<
I'd get a 4MB Millenium.
>In the Turtle Beach line of audio boards. Any suggestions of other audio
boards with NT drivers for the Perception, would be welcome.<
Turtle Beach has been promising NT drivers for over 2 years. I have a AWE32 now
and I'm waiting for the DPS 8 channel, 16 bit, PCI audio card designed for the
PVR. It sounds like a SunRize AD516 card that was out for the Amiga. I haven't
seen the price, but the SunRize card lists for $1500, I'd expect the DPS card
to be around $1500-2000 list.
>Any motherboard recommendations for single or dual chip Pentium 133 MHz? I'll
want at least 4 PCI slots.<
I'm looking at an ASUS dual smp, 120/133, 4 PCI mobo that can hold at least 2
full-length PCI cards without removing the CPU heatsink.
>Will 32 meg of ram do for NT workstation & the Perception or should I get
more?<
I'd say 32MB would be a start with 64MB being ideal for MAX, Speed Razor, etc.
>Any recommendations for a external tower to put video hard drives in?<
I've seen a PCI bus extender that has 7 PCI slots and 5 drive bays.
>Does anyone know if the Speed Razor software will accept RS232 time code from
the Horita TRG-50PL time code reader/generator? This unit takes linear time
code & puts it on the RS232 line. Where can I get this Horita unit, and what
does is the cost?<
B&H Photo Video sells the Horita line. They have the TRG-50PC for $549, the
TRG-50 is $439.
>Can anyone with a PVR, list typical rendering times for a 1 second dissolve or
an effect? Please also list OS, editing software and CPU.<
It mainly depends on the CPU.