#PC vs. MAC
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Tim!
Caught the tail end of this and bin usin' the Targa 64 for a year or so. At a
recent TV expo in London the Inscriber importers were NOT using the 2000 card
which is surprising considering that Targa 64 and Inscriber were a bit like
'horse and carriage', 'peaches and cream' etc.in the past. I'd guess that love
and marriage are on the rocks. In DOS terms they seem to have gone down other
routes.
We're in both PC and MAC environments here and in the UK the trend SEEMS to be
let the macs do the magazine and graphic design stuff and look to DOS for
non-linear. Its cheaper, faster and what's more there's more happening in that
country. A year or do ago I saw a couple of mac based systems running pretty
well (AVID plus An Other). Now it's largely PC based and everyone in the post
production industry seems to be trying to screw you down to sign on the dotted
line.
It may also be that what post prod stuff may end up as is a mix of linear and
non-linear. Sony call it hybrid editing and it has a lot going for it, the
folding green stuff seems to be the only major hangup here.
But I guess that's universal.
Mark/UK/Arcwind Video & Publishing
Mark:
>in the UK the trend SEEMS to be let the macs do the magazine and graphic
design stuff and look to DOS for non-linear.<
That's VERY interesting! Over here, folks tend to lean toward Macs for both DTP
and DTV.
I'd be interested in hearing more about DOS non-linear systems. Do they use
Windows, or do they work directly from DOS? And which ones are there available
in the UK?
Thanks!
Tim
Tim,
The system which truely impressed me was demonstated by Matrox. The basic box
gives a five layer post production setup with PAL, Y/C and YUV ins and outs. It
controls 4 VTR's, three 2d-DVE's and the aidio associated with it. The non
linear side runs a Motion-JPEG2 with Studio Xpress software. Storage is on a
seagate 2.1gig Barracuda. Graphics and letters via inscriber and a seperate 1Gb
drive.
The whole lot operates under windows.
There are further options.
There were other dos NL systems at the show and I've got a shedload of pretty
coloured brochures somewhere in the mess that is the only place that I can
really call my own. If you're interested I'll try and summarise, but seeing the
effects possible with Matrox system I just went 'wow'..
Still think though Hybrid is the safest! Bit like a cocktail always tasting
better than the ingrediants alone.
Mark.
Mark:
>The system which truely impressed me was demonstated by Matrox.<
If it's what I'm thinking it is, I think you have to buy the whole nine yards
from Matrox, including computer, and runs about $10,000. Does that sound about
right?
Tim