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Digital Video Hardware by Canopus Corp., Matrox Corp., Pinnacle Systems, DPS

Non-Linear Editing Software: Adobe Premiere, Incite Editor, in:sync Speed Razor, Online Express from United Media.

Authorized Intel® Processor Dealer and Microsoft® System Builder.

Sample Systems

Systems are fully customizable to customer's specifications

Features:

• Matrox DigiSuite
• Adobe Premiere RT (Incite Editor and in:sync Speed Razor optional)
• 144GB of video storage, up to 800GB
• 512MB ECC SDRAM (up to 2GB)
• Windows NT Workstation
• Dual 22" (20" viewable) Monitors

Support:

• 90 days unlimited  Technical Support
• 1 year limited warranty (manufacturers' warranties apply)
• "Rapid Exchange" Contract is available for 10% extra
• On-Site Support Contract is available in South. Calif. for 15% extra, or on per-incident basis
  

Matrox DigiSuite features:

This configuration is available and shipping.
Allow 10 business days for assembly and burn-in testing.

Features:

Options:

Matrox DigiSuite LE Real-Time Editing Platform:

• two 2D DVE processors with high-quality scaling, sub-pixel motion, and transparent shadows can be used on two video streams or graphics with alpha
• full transparency control on each layer
• full proc amp control on capture and playback — tint, hue, chroma, setup and level adjustments
• two advanced chroma/luma keyers with chroma suppression, shadow preservation, and anti-aliased edges
• two independent wipe/tile generators with anti-aliased edges and soft borders

This configuration is available and shipping
Allow 10 business days for assembly and burn-in testing.

Features:
• Separate drives for system and applications, and for audio/graphics
• Internally mounted LVD Video Array with dual 80mm fans
• External Video Array is available, up to 800GB

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Our systems fare very well in the market because:

"Everything should be as simple as possible, but not simpler." A.Einstein

"You can't have everything" Unknown

1. Pre-Sale Support - helping customer to choose the best solution for the budget, based on the following key factors:
   · is stable
   · does the job that the customer needs it to do
   · is right for the money
   · can be upgraded to the latest technology as it develops
2. Professional Integration: Computer designs that are:
   Reliable: quality parts from reputable sources, extensive cooling, certification by major standard bodies, compatibility, longevity.  If it still works in 30 years - don't be surprised.
   Efficient: systems that make sense.  Nice balance between performance and practicality.  Only industry-standard parts - no proprietary designs.  You will not be locked into just one supplier charging ridiculous prices for a replacement mouse.
   Did we say well designed and ergonomic?
3. After-Sale Support.  A good system should not need much of it, but if it does, we will be there for you.  We are the first point of contact if you have a question or a problem with your system.   We will notify you of software updates, industry news, upcoming events.

Here it comes.  Our mission statement, our family tradition, our principle.  We will not try to sell you what's most profitable for us.  Our existing customers will say so, too.  We will sell you what we are sure is the most practical, expandable, reliable solution out there.

All systems are custom-built to customers' requirements.

For prices and configurations, please inquire within.
Thank you.

Sample NLE configurations based on:

• Matrox DigiSuite
• Matrox DigiSuite LE

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Questions?   What is the most adequate system for my project?  What capture card do I buy?   What should be my data rate?  Compression ratio?  Audio card?  Which hard disks are the best?  How much storage do I need?  What's RAID-0 and why do I need it?  Do I need a SCSI controller?  Alpha or Intel?  PC or Mac?  NT, 98 or 2000?  SCSI or UDMA66? or Ultra 160I?  Differential or single-ended?   SCA or SSA? How about SAN, NAS or FC-AL?  What is LVD SCSI?  How long should be the cable?  Does it have "Avid" written on it?   How much power do I need?  DigiSuite, Nitro or Reality?  Or maybe NT Toaster?  Is it really turn-key?  Digital or Analog?  Compressed or Uncompressed?  Lossless or Lossy?  MPEG or MJPEG?  DV or DVCAM?   DVCPro50 or Digital-S?  BetaSP or DigiBeta?  SDI, SDTI or 1394?   ActiveMovie or QuickTime?  Jaz or Zip?   SR or VANT?  SDRAM or EDO?  Xeon or PIII?   Why is my audio hissing and popping?  Can it be cheaper and better?  And faster?  We hear you.

Why Buy From A Systems Integrator And Not From A Box House?

Performance vs. Price.

It is common thinking that it's cheaper to buy from mail-order and box houses instead of from specialized VAR's and SI's (Systems Integrators).   If that was true, why would SI's still be in business?  The job of a good Systems Integrator (GSI) is actually to save money for the customer by choosing the solution that has the best price vs. performance ratio while maintaining quality, reliability, and providing the perfect system for the customer's requirements.

Productivity.  Does a box house care about your productivity?  Will it tell you to buy a less expensive system, even if the one you are considering is overkill for the job?  A VGSI (a Very Good Systems Integrator) spends a considerable amount of time with the customer making sure that their system is suited to his/her needs, much like a good tailor spends the time to custom fit the customer.  A VGSI is in the business of making you more productive, while a box house is not.  (Nothing is wrong with a good box house - it's just a different business.)

Support.  A Systems Integrator is somebody to call first when there is a problem and is in a position to help most, since they know your system better than anybody else and have gathered a good knowledge base about possible problems and ways to solve them.

We divide most system configuration projects into three main parts:

The Application and The NLE Hardware.   Something to capture and/or output your video and something to edit it with.   This is the heart of an NLE system and the configuration must start here, not with the computer.

Next is The Storage Subsystem.  How many gigs and how fast should they be.  Questions to ask:  What is the average length of my video projects?  What are the quality requirements?  Do I work on more than one project at a time?  A common "on-line" data rate is 5 to 6MB/s, and at these rates, a 9GB disk fills up in 25-30 minutes.  So for a 25 minutes project, consider about 18GB of storage.

The Computer, that fits the above, with respect to performance and reliability, resourcefulness (those precious PCI slots), ergonomics, future expansion plans.

The rest is nuts and bolts - accessories such as scanners, printers, tape backups, tablets, coffee mugs and mouse pads.  Nothing escapes a good integrator.