CompuServe Thread

#PVR vs ???

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#196874From: gary tiltonOct 24, 1995 6:33 PM
Viewing all the material on Hardware seems to show chat on PVR. Is there no other similar products for the sake of asking, for use with 3DS4? And is there any reason to believe that this equipment will be fully operative with Max? Year end expenditures dictate buy now but not keen on obsolescense. And to demonstrate ignorance, one presumably renders to the system HD and then somehow transfers to the PVR dedicated HD for subsequent output to tape or whatever, Yes/No? Thanks for whatever help you can give as I try to get up to speed on this animation thing. 1996 is the year for motion for us after years of building complex models in ACADr13 etc. Now to put them to motion. Gary E. Tilton
#196883From: Tim Krego, [pro.image]Oct 24, 1995 7:25 PM
>Viewing all the material on Hardware seems to show chat on PVR. Is there no other similar products for the sake of asking, for use with 3DS4?< There are similar devices, but they are much more expensive or the quality isn't even close. The closest quality and pricewise is the DPS PAR from the same company. >And is there any reason to believe that this equipment will be fully operative with Max?< Since the PVR was designed for NT it should work real well with MAX. Speed Razor is designed with the PVR in mind. >And to demonstrate ignorance, one presumably renders to the system HD and then somehow transfers to the PVR dedicated HD for subsequent output to tape or whatever, Yes/No?< You can render straight to the PVR or to your system HD. I usually render to my system HD and save frames for later compositing or other image manipulation.
#196907From: Daniel B. DouglasOct 24, 1995 9:58 PM
How is it possible to render from 3DS straight to the PVR? There's no IPAS for this, as there is with the PAR, and the dedicated SCSI drive isn't visible to 3DS.
#197263From: Mike Langieri/CT&MAOct 26, 1995 10:22 PM
Gary… A brand new product is the PLUM card. You might've seen their ad in the latest New Media. Depending on how deeply they discount it, it might be an alternative down the road. Right now it's around $5999 list, but it does include some audio capabilities. \\\. ========================= >-==<MIKE(>=– >-==*- /
#197273From: gary tiltonOct 27, 1995 12:18 AM
Mike… Thanks for the tip on PLUM card. Will look into it and will report back.