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I'm not sure what you hope to prove with this test Jim. In terms of compression they both use the same chip and technology. As the PAR is an IDE you won't be able to tandem a couple of hard drives. In terms of final output one is at non broadcast format and the other is. I would buy the PAR tomorrow if the frame was 720×486 because its the least expensive of the two. I might even be able in some circumstances to use it for final output. My final format will be DDR to Beta SP and nothing is going to beat it. At least nothing currently available. So I think the whole idea is rather a moot point. Those who have to have 720×486 are going to buy the MAX, everyone else is going to buy the PAR. Why? because the difference is quality is going to be so neglible as to be irrelevant except for the most demanding Broadcast environments. All this test is going to do is prove that the PAR is a heck of a value, and Matrox is going to have to rethink their pricing. Which they probably won't because those that need 720×486 are going to have to buy their product, and as it is still cheaper than a UVW-1800 plenty will. So have fun but personally the subject is irrelevant as far as I'm concerned. One thought though, just for realistic comparison, see how well the MAX and PAR compare after 10 generation dubs. That's what's going to count in Broadcast. Somehow I suspect you both will come out winners on this, just a hunch. <G> -JE