This IS the Avid L2: RE: [Avid-L2] Re: System setup recommendation

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

RE: [Avid-L2] Re: System setup recommendation

They are cheap enough you can buy a spare ;-)

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From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Terence Curren
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 8:54 AM
To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: System setup recommendation

One thing to be aware of with BM is the poorer quality and lack of
replacement support. When a piece of BM gear fails, they expect you to buy a
new one if it's out of the short warranty period.

For contrast, we have had a few AJA pieces go bad over the years, and they
always overnight a replacement for free. Doesn't matter how many years old
the gear is.

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com> , "Edit B"
<bouke@... <mailto:bouke@...> > wrote:
>
> I would not be that scared of BM nowadays.
> Last week i did a big job with an vision truck and a sattelite truck,
fibre from my feed was over BM stuff, and both trucks were loaded with BM
stuff (router, vision mixer etc)
> For the money, you can buy the stuff double for safety.
> And if you want cheap, this is as cheap as it gets.
>
> Bouke
>
> VideoToolShed
> van Oldenbarneveltstraat 33
> 6512 AS NIJMEGEN, the Netherlands
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: superhorschd
> To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 12:09 PM
> Subject: [Avid-L2] System setup recommendation
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> an friend of mine asked me for advice, but my experience on 3rd party I/Os
and Thunderbolt stuff is limited, therefore this posting:
>
> For a longform doc film a "not too expensive" Mac offline editing system
is needed. They probably buy a new iMac with Media Composer 6.5 and want to
connect via Thunderbolt:
> - a media drive (for DNxHD 36 / XDCAM EX Media Files)
> - a 3rd party Interface to connect a large screen to it
> - a second Display
>
> As I've heard about problems with 3rd party I/Os I'd like to hear what
works best with MC 6.5 or what problems exist. They're thinking about a box
from Blackmagic but I really like AJA stuff in general (an personally never
would buy something that has to do with black magic!).
>
> I wonder how many Thunderbolt devices play nicely together..
> As the drives they want to buy have both Thunderbolt and USB 3 they can
use to USB if needed. Well, our students edit on USB 3.0 drives quite often
and it works very well for them..
>
> Any experiences, advices or ideas greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Ben
> --
> Benjamin Schreiber
> ACSR Elite
>
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