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I'm so excited to see my first output from the PAR I can't sit still. It's cycling here on the monitor and there is no doubt which is targa+ at tmode 25, targa+ at tmode 11 and the PAR. In my opinion if anybody claims the output is comparable to targa+ then they either need to get their monitor converged or have an eye exam. One of my clients who is beta SP was ecstatic about what he saw. I showed him the TBC IV cababilities in color correction and landed a job to temperature correct a bunch of tapes for him. I also got my first Betacam SP job too. It was a very exciting day here. I would like to say thanks to Gus and Greg for doing a fantastic job on the software. It is very slick how it works. And. a special thanks to DPS for making this product available at such an affordable price. I am more convinced than ever now that this particular product is going to revolutionize the way we record animation at the lower end of the scale. And I would also say that this output will be a definite upgrade in quality for anyone doing targa+ at 512×486. From one client that has an ATVista: " Damn! it looks as good as my Vista." I don't have one so I'll just have to trust him on that claim. The negatives: So far I can say the installation here didn't go as smoothe as others have reported, but then this is usually my luck.<g> First the PAR arrived without software or Manual. The TBCIV arrived with an ouytdated version of its software but I bought the remote instead so that wasn't a really big deal as it eliminates the need for the software. The next day the UPS lost the overnight shipment from DPS for the software and manual. Once here in late afternoon yesterday I proceeded to install the PAR and the software wouldn't recognize the PAR address. I was using the default so I began to change it according to the manual and discovered the dip switches were backwards in the manual. Thanks to the program PARTEST that debugged this. With the proper I/O addr. I was readdy to launch the PAR.exe pgm. It locked up my machine. In addition I could no longer launch 3DS. I tried the obvious and used different boot configs and pulling all unnecessary hardware and still no fix. I moved the PAR to a different machine and still had the exact problem. Now I was beginning to think I had defective software or hardware. A quick call to DPS tech support resolved the problem in a couple of minutes. Apparently the Micropolis 2210A needs to have an extra installation step that preformats it for the PAR service. When I told the tech which drive I had he said he knew what my problem was. This procedure is not in the manual. He talked me through it and 5 minutes later I was calling people in to see this thing fly at warp speed. Well, back to the old grind because I have an 8088 machine (teleprompter) to fix for a shoot tomorrow. I just had to let everyone know that initial visuals by myself and others here are living up to all my expectations. Maybe others will find it necessary to stay with frame by frame, but, for me, I'm pulling the DQ-50P and it's for sale.