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PVR purchase questions

    29-Sep-95 09:48:32
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.