PCMCIA or Express Card ??

[Barry_Green]

it is actually a little bit over my budget already, just want to know from your experience , is it capable for all the editing and post?

Depends on what software you're planning to run on it, but a system like that could easily handle realtime HVX editing in EDIUS.

 

[Barry_Green]

I especially like the pricing of the latter.

The latter one doesn't have the right kind of card slot. I imagine either one would work, but you'd have to get a duel adapter or addonics adapter to use the second one.

One last thought on this moble editing, what software do you use if you don't mind my asking?

CS3, EDIUS, SpeedEdit, and Vegas. I've got 'em all. I keep meaning to migrate to CS3 for everything but I just haven't gotten there yet. Especially because Premiere Pro CS3 supports 4K, which makes it (someday) suitable for editing Red One footage. Vegas I'd walk away from except a) it's the editor I know best, and old habits are hard to break; and b) I keep thinking it'll be the best for EX1 stuff, if I ever have to work with EX1 footage; and c) it's just such a frickin' good editor. I wish Sony would never have bought 'em.

EDIUS runs fantastically on my Lenovo, including handling AVC-Intra in realtime.

I would NOT use Avid on any system other than a fully-certified Avid system. I originally tried Avid and after it quit working, two weeks later, Avid refused to assist me whatsoever because (heaven forbid) I was running XP Media Center Edition instead of XP Pro. So they just hang up on you. If I wanted to continue to use Avid, I'd have to format my hard drive and buy and re-install a new operating system. No thanks. So if you want to go with Avid, and you want to have any sort of technical support from them, you have to follow their recommendations to the letter and preferably buy an Avid-certified system.

I don't do any multicam stuff anymore so I haven't even looked at the multicam features of these software apps.

 

[drdimento]

Thank you so much Barry for you kind input. More and more we are relying on Edius just because it works. All too often we have "issues" that keep popping up with Avid. It's as though they just program a certain way and then if it's any other way "good luck," and as you say "we can't help. goodbye."

We liked SpeedEdit for sure but no muticam and that's a no for us. We have to have at least three cameras on our TV shows. Oh and ProCoder . . YES!

We have a PremeirPro CS3 trial but haven't loaded it yet so we'll see )

Thanks again. Sticking with our HVX200 for now and on the adapter, it's no problem as we like adapters because with the PCMCIA slot I can always use the ExpressCard with an adapter but conversely not so. I'd have to have a USB or Firewire solution or some wired form through the ExpressCard slot on the more expensive computer.