Best HD for Avid Xpress Pro HD

[Steve Scott]

Hey, I have the following system with Xpress Pro HD. I was using an XL2 but having finished the film, I now need to finally upgrade to an HD cam. I've learned from these forums that Xpress Pro is not good w/ HVX200 but possibly is ok with Canon Xl-H1. Possibly someone can let me know what HD cam would be the best bet with this Xpress Pro HD system..because I do actually prefer Avid to FCP and don't want to have to start on a new system.



2x - Dual Xeon PCIE Workstation - Avid Base
DVDRW/KB/Mouse/
1 Hitachi Deskstar 250GB SATA150 7200rpm 8mb cache Drive
1 ViewSonic VG920 19" Silver/Black 1280x1024 Display
1 Windows System Configuration and Testing
1 ProMax 90 Day Tech Support Package
1 Avid Xpress Pro
2 Intel Xeon 3.2GHz 1M/800MHz FSB Processor
1 2GB Kit DDR2-400 ECC Registered RAM
1 NVIDIA Quadro FX540 PCIe Professional Video Card
1 FW-64 4.5 Meter 6-4pin FireWire/1394 Cable
1 Universal AV Cable Kit for DV/DVCAM Decks

 

[MichaelP]

I would suggest that you upgrade to MC since it supports most of the formats easily and cleanly using the new AMA architecture. See the info page and a video of how it works here:

http://www.avid.com/ama/

Michael

 

[MikeyP]

PMed your note, but couldn't agree with MichaelP more... maybe because he's got such a cool name!