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Sounds like an interesting project but since you are doing the shootout with two technologies that are order of magnitudes apart price wise why not include the Abekas DDR technology as well. It's about 3X more expensive as the MAX as the MAX is 3X more expensive than the PAR. With three points on the curve we may be able to show a relationship the to "inrcrease performance from 90% to 95% one must triple the cost of his investment" type of proof. Also, you will need a benchmark to establish the 100% range. I would suggest the ATVISTA frame accurate to the same recorder. The rendering should include hirez detailed texturemaps and solid colors as well as single hue vertical and horizontal gradients. For chroma integrity use reds against white, cyans against white, and greens against white. I would not suggest D1 because of its supperior chroma saturation curves that might taint the position of the Abekas DDR unless recording to the D1 in the analog. If you come up with a test I know of one facility that could do the tests.: Paul LInd, at Anim8, he gets every new toy and will be most eager to pit one against the other.