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Hi Don >>I found the output, on a WFM and VS, very stable. Thanks for pointing that out to me I don't have it in my office as it was in the test period before purchase I did all this testing. I saw what I saw, maybe it was not working correctly or I did not set something up correctly. oh well not much I can do about it now. >>I doubt it. While I have never owned a Wavefront / SGI, I have sat through Many demos… That is good to see that you are doing so well with 3DS. I use it also and I think it is a great product and it has matured many times over over that past three years. In fact I have been working with it since the begining. But I have been doing some freelance work for a game company Electronic Arts Canada here in Vancouver. They have 10 SGI workstations with Soft Image and they also have 3DS. After seeing what they do and how much productivity they get out of this combination I would go to that system tomorrow. Please note that I would not get rid of 3DS it is a very powerfull product. Even the guys at EA canada agree or else they would not have it. This is just my view and it comes down to productivity. I have a rule that I go by, and basicly it is that I don't care what the product is, if I have a job to complete and I requires something special to finish it, I just use what ever I can to get the job done. Profit is the bottom line. My pointless comparison is just a small point. Again I am glad to see that it is working so well for you. I guess I just have a few clients who need a little more time to see the light. I don't, as far as I know charge much more than PAR people, I charge based on what the market can bare. This works very well for me. Maybe you should raise your price to that of what the MAX people charge if the production times are the same. which they should be :-)<BG> Then you will make more dow. I will very awnest about the accom stuff I know for a fact that when I use that system I need to rent the accom and a SGI. This not to say that a nother system could not work with it. I have never tryed that approach. I will look into is if you would like and get abck to you. Again I am located in Canada so these prices are hard to compare for me. This product sounds interesting (DPR by FAST), could be some competition on the horizon.:-) The increased cost did not bother me as that was the cost for a better quality picture. Which translates into a better selling feature. I just tell my clients the facts and I usually get the contract, you win some you lose some.In there mind they are getting something better for around the same price. Which they are, the bottom line here is that with max or anything else like the max you get a better throughput therefore a better quality video image. That how I justify the extra cost. Just for the record in canada the par with component out cost around $5000 and The max system with component out is $9050. Not even 2x the difference. The only problem for some people is the Computer will need to be purchased if you don't have a EISA system, then it could get costly. I was lucky I had the exact system required. I also like one other main feature, you can use the Matrox Illuminator Pro frame buffer board for many other things than just DDR work. That is important because that is allmost half the cost there, about $4500. I will not go into the list of other features but it is a key component in my setup. I use it as my 3DS frame buffer, I also have my harddrive free fo use for other things if needed. The max can also be used with another product, well parts of it anyway, that matrox produces that will allow for NL editing. I don't know the whole cost of this setup, but I just wanted to point out the flexiable uses of the system, in particular the Illuminator Pro board. If you look at it this way, its an overall good package. But not so good if you have everything and want to get a DDR. Oh ya, if you have Illuminator Pro Frame buffer board already, It's very inexpensive to get started. So to recap I think when you look at all the feature that can be done with the MAX setup it will pay off in the long run. Please let me know if the PAR can do Frame Buffer work I am not to sure. It has been a while since I used it. got to go now, Have a good day don and I hope to chat again soon.