#Exabyte/Abekas Solution
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To All,
I'm considering to buy an Exabyte 8505 tape drive and Abekas Drivers
for use with 3D Studio, but when I called the service bureaus
offering Abekas/Exabyte transfer services, I got some very confusing
price quotes. Some places charged around $200.00 per hour of video,
while others charged .25 cents per frame. At 30 frames per second,
that $27000 per hour !!! The bureaus that charge by the hour
explained that they transferred the Exabyte tape to an Abekas machine
and then to any format you wanted. Are the bureaus that charge by the
frame using a better technique? Did I miss something?
You've got $200 per hour confused. They mean they charge $200 per
hour Abekas edit suite time, which comes out to around 50-60 seconds
of animation (quite a bit, really).
I use this system regularly, and am VEEERY pleased with it. The
ability to provide the greatest available video quality has garnered
me some great clients.
If you're interested, I use a service bureau here in SF for all Abekas
to BetaSP operations, and they have extremely competetive rates.
E-mail me if you're interested in more info.