Re: "Mid-Range" Video Installation Query

Jeff Sengpiehl (docavid@hotpop.com)
Mon, 26 Oct 1998 13:08:22 -0500

Charles- while I am sure that your company markets a wonderful product,
which is excellent for it's Market, which is a Premire based system. Xpress
is a completely different level of product. I would not think that the
folks putting together "Friends" would ditch their Avid's to start editing
on Premire.

Jeff

"Charles F. McConathy" wrote:

> Jeff Sengpiehl
>
> FYI...
>
> >Presently you would look to spend approximately up to $30k for a fully
> >featured turnkey system.
>
> How about less than $5500 per station (Just over $11,000 if the station
> includes a DSR-20 deck and a XL1 DV camcorder) for all the parts and
> pieces needed for a student station which includes a G3/266 with 160 MB
> of RAM, 4 GB Boot drive plus a 16.8 GB data drive (73 minutes of DV
> storage), 19 inch RGB monitor, 13 inch Sony NTSC monitor, Bose Speakers
> or good set of headphones, FireMAX-C card that is bundled with Premiere
> 5.1 and Boris FX, a Sony TRV9 camcorder that has analog in/out as well as
> FireWire in/out.
>
> The advantage for FireWire is that transfers are digital and remain the
> same after many trips in and out of the computer. This eliminates costly
> storage as well as makes life easier for the lab assistant or teacher to
> get the station ready for the next class.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charles F. McConathy
> President, ProMax Systems, Inc., Irvine, Calif.
> Digital Video Editing Turnkey Systems - Data Storage Specialist
> Web Sites: http://www.promax.com and http://www.firemax-dv.com

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