New archiving solution for HVX!?

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sodotoguwangus

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I was just at the local Best Buy, and saw a Sony computer (model VGC-RC310G) with a Blue Ray reader/writer. Maybe I'm behind the times, but this is the first time I've seen a computer with this feature.

The computer features:

300gb hhd
Nvidia GeForce 7600 gt graphics card
Intel pentium D 3.20GHz1
2 gigs of DDR2 memory

Cost: $2249.00

I own an HVX200 and this computer has me excited. It seems like an excellent way to finally be able to archive footage. And with the PS3 coming out next month, I'll be able to play back that footage in HD as well!

Couple questions:

1. Does anyone know if the Nvidia geforce 7600 is a decent card for high-def video editing? Does it support dual monitors?

2. What's generally better: Intel core duo processors or Intel pentium D processor?

3. Since this computer features a Blu-ray reader/writer, I should be able to burn 1080p24 HVX footage without any hitches, correct?

Thanks.
 
Sony makes other laptops with blu-ray burners too. Check out www.sonystyle.com for a list; I think the "AR" series are what you'd be looking for.

Actually Sony makes the best laptop for the HVX. I was tempted to go for the full-bore blu-ray AR, but I really needed something small and the AR's are huge 8-pound and 10-pound behemoths. But they have all the key components: they have blu-ray for data archiving if that's what you want, they have PCMCIA slots for card offloading, they have expresscard slots for FW800 and eSATA connections and SD card reading, they have firewire ports, and they have Core Duo and Core 2 Duo processors.

I have a Dell Pentium M 760 2.00GHz, not even a year old, and it chokes hard on P2 Viewer 1080p footage. Plays maybe 1 frame per second, if that. But on the new Sony Core 2 Duo it plays 1080/60i at full-screen full-frame-rate.
 
I would double check to make sure that the blueray drive is in fact a reader and writer, not just a reader. I don't know about the pentium d but the dual core 2600 will fluidly play anything on my laptop.
 
Just out of curiousity, how many minutes of 1080p24 footage can you fit on a 50gig blu-ray disk? About a minute per gig, right? So about 50 minutes?

And how about 720pn?
 
Barry_Green said:
Actually Sony makes the best laptop for the HVX.
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Hey Barry,

So what do you think is the best laptop from Sony for the HVX? I plan on buying one this week and need the advice. Thanks.
 
Re: Sony Blu Ray Burner
I purchased the Sony a week ago and today with Nero Express, was successful in burning HVX 720/24pn footage captured with Canopus Broadcast. The footage was great but I don't have any sound. Yhe Sony Burner comes with Cyberlink software so I'm gonna load that and give it a try in the am.

Any thoughts on this?
Cecil B DeMule
 
sodotoguwangus said:
Just out of curiousity, how many minutes of 1080p24 footage can you fit on a 50gig blu-ray disk? About a minute per gig, right? So about 50 minutes?

And how about 720pn?
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I don't think there are any drives yet that are capable of burning dual-layer media, so you'll have to cut those numbers in half -- you'll be able to fit about 25 to 60 minutes of DVCProHD on one disk depending on the recording format.
 
THoff said:
I don't think there are any drives yet that are capable of burning dual-layer media, so you'll have to cut those numbers in half -- you'll be able to fit about 25 to 60 minutes of DVCProHD on one disk depending on the recording format.
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Really? That's not good. Can anyone confirm this?

Just to confirm, single layer is 25gb and dual layer is 50gb correct?
 
The capacity numbers you have are correct, and the Blu-Ray drives on the market can READ dual-layer media, but they can't write it.
 
2. What's generally better: Intel core duo processors or Intel pentium D processor?
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Ok, I'm going to save you the ill fate of both those cpu's. Core Duo or Pentium D is old stuff - it is Intels Core 2 Duo you want (heed the 2 for it means Intels new cpu architecture!) Core Duo and Pentium D were Intels previous dual core line which got hammered by AMD's X2 line of dual core cpu's. Then Intel whacked back with Core 2 Duo forcing AMD to drop their prices 50% on most of their X2's. This is good news for the consumer!

When you are buying intel DO NOT LOOK AT THE GHz anymore! Perfect example:

Pentium D 945 3.4GHz - $168.00
Core 2 Duo E6300 1.8GHz - $183 (Priced at newegg)

The E6300 will do circles around the Pentium D and will also overclock a hell of a lot better.

So what do you think is the best laptop from Sony for the HVX? I plan on buying one this week and need the advice. Thanks.
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You would be crusing with that Core 2 Duo Sony Laptop. But you might want to wait cuase what if quad cores came to Laptops soon? "The first quad-core CPUs will be available in November of this year, with more affordable offerings being introduced early next year." Intel and AMD are going quad this year! It's an editors dream matchine! They were only able to get benchmarks from vegas but MAN THIS LOOKS GOOD! Check out this preview of the Intel Quad Core:

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2846

Happy chip hunting
Brian
 
Hey Skits4life,

You seem to be pretty up on your pc knowledge. Just wondering, would you happen to know when windows vista is supposed to ship???
 
Written October 3rd 2006;

"If Microsoft continues to stay on schedule, they will have a shipping version of Vista ready within a month, though retail consumers will be waiting until 2007 to get their hands on it. Whether it will really be ready to replace XP at that time remains up in the air. Early adopters will likely bite the bullet, but many people will probably prefer waiting for the inevitable Service Pack."

Found in this article 'Windows Vista Update: RC1/5728 Preview':

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2850&p=4
 
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