http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Community Forums » Tag: storage - Recent Posts en Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:50:34 +0000 http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/light-weight-options-to-backup-hd-footage-while-traveling#post-57617 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:12:22 +0000 composite1 57617@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Sarah,</p> <p>Take a look at my latest post on the "Good Answer for Field Flash Storage" there's another model of flash storage that might be more in line with your needs and pocketbook.</p> <p>Crafters,</p> <p>Dude, I notice you recommend a lot of my posts. Thanks man (sniffle.)</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/good-answer-for-field-flash-storage#post-57616 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:08:27 +0000 composite1 57616@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Another handy (and cheaper!) backup device is the Sanho HyperDrive Colorspace UDMA. They come in capacities of 120GB to 640GB (the 640 you have to buy from the Hyperstore). Neat thing is it does much of what the Nexto does and has a feature so you can write scripts on the controller which is good for telling the unit how to separate your RAW files from everything else. The drawback is it doesn't have the extended range of card interfaces as the Nexto and you can only backup about 250GB's per battery charge.</p> <p>On the otherhand, if you're not working with RED, P2 or SxS anyway that won't be an issue. Take a look:</p> <p><a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/594352-REG/Sanho_SAHDCSUDMA500_HyperDrive_COLORSPACE_UDMA.html#features">http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/594352-REG/Sanho_SAHDCSUDMA500_HyperDrive_COLORSPACE_UDMA.html#features</a></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/light-weight-options-to-backup-hd-footage-while-traveling#post-57614 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:29:16 +0000 CraftersOfLight 57614@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Here is a link that give a list of other similar devices. You will want to read their long descriptions to see if they would work in your aplication.</p> <p><a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Stand-Alone-Data-Storage/ci/3369/N/4289948200">http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Stand-Alone-Data-Storage/ci/3369/N/4289948200</a></p> <p> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/light-weight-options-to-backup-hd-footage-while-traveling#post-57613 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:15:12 +0000 CraftersOfLight 57613@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> HAve you looked into devices like this?</p> <p><a href="http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/good-answer-for-field-flash-storage">http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/good-answer-for-field-flash-storage</a></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/light-weight-options-to-backup-hd-footage-while-traveling#post-57559 Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:10:42 +0000 sarahkreen 57559@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi Everyone,</p> <p>I'm going to be traveling and shooting approx 3 hours everyday around S.E. Asia for 3 months.  I'm deciding between a Canon HFS and HFN 31 right now but want to be able to download and backup footage every couple of days.  What would be the most lightweight option to do this?  I first thought of the MacBook Air but it doesn't have a firewire port and only one USB post.  Is there a PC option or am I missing something like a go-between that would literally make it possible to download files directly from the camera to a hard drive? </p> <p>Many thanks in advance for you help.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/good-answer-for-field-flash-storage#post-55475 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:01:58 +0000 composite1 55475@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>There have been a number of products coming out lately that deal with the number 1 issue concerning Flash Media in the field. Yeah, solid-state cards are great since you don't have to digitize the footage but when they fill up you have to take time to download them or buy a buttload of cards which can get expensive. </p> <p>Videographer Paul Joy's video review of Nexto's latest answer to this problem answered a lot of my questions about the rig and as I move further into a solid-state workflow, I see this on my list of future purchases.</p> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/9454378">NEXTO DI NVS2500 Video Review</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/pauljoy">Paul Joy</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/storage-and-retention-of-footage-opinions#post-54747 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:46:29 +0000 SafetyMan 54747@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I consider myself an intermediate novice (It is mostly a hobby for me, but I do some paid work as well), and I am struggling with how best to capture and store my footage and projects, and would appreciate others sharing their process.  I do some paid work for a local organization, and I do some volunteer work at the local school selling DVDs as a fundraiser, and I edit my own personal family footage.  My Current workflow is as follows:</p> <p>Footage is captured on Mini DV Tapes.</p> <p>I Digitize the footage and store on an external Hard Drive connected to my PC Via ESATA.  This drive is essentially a dock so I can "eject" the disk when it is full and place it on a shelf for archival purposes (<a href="http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Product.aspx?C=1346&amp;ID=1731">http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Product.aspx?C=1346&amp;ID=1731</a>)</p> <p>I save my data in folders organized by "client" (Family, School, corporation), and then by Project (Holidays 2009, Christmas Pageant 2008 etc), and all of the footage and final projects are saved in that folder.  When I complete a project, I burn it to DVD, and I will usually keep a copy for myself incase another master copy is neede by my client.</p> <p>Unless it is priceless footage (Birth of my child, or some one in a lifetime event) I will often times reuse the MiniDV tapes again for another project, partially for cost, but mostly because I have no place to store hundreds of DV tapes, and and saving a 1 hour DV tape for 5 minutes of highlight footage of an elementary school soccer game does not seem worth it.</p> <p>Do you Copy all of your raw footage and edited footage and final project off to another storage media?</p> <p>Do you keep your initial raw footage, or fo you only keep the files used in the finished projects?</p> <p>What sort of storage device do you used to store your projects?  Network attached storage, a media server or Drobo seem like they would be good, but it places a huge strain on my homenetwork to be transfering 10-15 Gigs of data between my locally connected drive and my networked storage or USB connected Drobo (Although the new Drobo S looks interesting)</p> <p>Any other advice on workflow and long term storage of footage and finished products?</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/file-storage#post-52976 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:39:04 +0000 blindeye 52976@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Ok, folks.  I'm working on a mac, FCP, I store all my files on an external 1.5TB hard drive, and right now it's at about 900 Gigs of files.  My internal hard drive is 320G, and I have an 320 time back up hard drive for all the system files and software programs.  So now I need to figure out how to BACK UP the hard work and files.  I talked to Apple, and they said to mirror the drive.  So I bought another 1.5TB hard drive to mirror it to (because my internal hard drive doesn't have the room for it to create a mirror on my desktop!), but it took a full day to compress it, then another 6 hours to uncompress to the new Hard Drive.  So that's no help, I can't afford a full day and a half down time every time I make an edit.  I talked to Larry Jordan, and he says a RAID is the way to go.  Without spending gajillions of dollars, what do you suggest for an Raid?  Do all Raids take bigger hard drives in each slot?  </p> <p>Thanking everyone in advance for their help!</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hdd-vs-dv-is-quality-compromised#post-46282 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:08:14 +0000 Eventvideoguy 46282@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>&lt;span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"&gt;"If you are recording video as the DV codec to a HDD camcorder, the image quality will be the same as recording to miniDV. There should not be a difference in image quality between HHD and tape when they are both recording the same video codec."&lt;/span&gt;</p> <p> </p> <p>&lt;span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"&gt;I don't think I have ever seen a HDD camcorder that recorded to any codec other than MPEG.  It would be nice if they were available with  other codecs though. With these 60/80/120 GB HDD camcorders they have out now, there is plenty of space to record for quality DV instead of this MPEG crap.&lt;/span&gt;</p> <p>&lt;span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"&gt;The problem with MPEG is that it is difficult to edit and you loose stuff while you do.&lt;/span&gt;</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hdd-vs-dv-is-quality-compromised#post-46252 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:49:17 +0000 robGRAUERT 46252@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>"I plan on spending a nice chunk of savings on a one- or three-chip video camera."</p> <p>Don't waste your money on a one-chip camera. Buy a three-chip camera.</p> <p>To answer your question, the image quality of your video IS NOT determined by what you are recording to. If you are recording video as the DV codec to a HDD camcorder, the image quality will be the same as recording to miniDV. There should not be a difference in image quality between HHD and tape when they are both recording the same video codec.</p> <p>As for suggesting a camera...what is your budget? Simply saying you don't want "unnecessary luxuries" and that you want a "deal" is meaningless because everyone has their own opinion on what is an unnecessary luxury and a deal. So, what's your budget. Even better, visit <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.bhphotovideo.com</a> and search for cameras you may be interested in and come back with specific questions rather than the most broad question anyone interested in video could ask.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hdd-vs-dv-is-quality-compromised#post-46242 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:12:25 +0000 HighKalibur 46242@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> </p> <p>&lt;span style="font-size: 7.5pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Hi, I know little about the technical aspects of cameras. I plan on spending a nice chunk of savings on a one- or three-chip video camera. I love the convenience of direct-to-hard drive storage. However, I have never been able to get a definite answer as to whether or not I am losing picture quality by not recording it to a DV Tape. Is this the case?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</p> <p>&lt;span style="font-size: 7.5pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;What is the difference in quality when recording on a HDD or DV tape? Is there one? &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</p> <p>&lt;span style="font-size: 7.5pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Also, as far as filmmaking goes, can anyone suggest a great starter camera (until now I have used camcorders) for an independent filmmaker that produces good picture without unnecessary luxury accessories. In other words I’m looking for a great ‘deal’ camera. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</p> <p> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-do-you-file-your-video-clips#post-44092 Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:53:56 +0000 CraftersOfLight 44092@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Update</p> <p>PMB does not seem to be able to provide an image thumbnail for my .mts files. I do like the calendar format it uses to log the files. this helps somewhat since all that day might be from the same session soit would be easier to sort/file for future use. It's looking to be back to the "longhand" method for me.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-do-you-file-your-video-clips#post-44079 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:15:07 +0000 NewBirthProductions 44079@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I don't have the talent to design web sites that's why I hired a Web Designer to do it for me.  I am also not very creative so when a client want's me to create a script I have a professional relationship that I already built with a few creative people i hire to do that part of my production.  In business you either have the ability to do it yourself "and in a professional manner" or you hire sombody who does.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-do-you-file-your-video-clips#post-44068 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:46:47 +0000 CraftersOfLight 44068@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Thank you all for your responses.</p> <p>In checking out your suggestions;</p> <p>robert...</p> <p>I found a source for your Picture Motion Browser program. Its downloaded in 4 parts in RAR format. It appears to be a series of ISO files so it will be a fun puzzle to figure out how to get them installed. It will be interesting to see if it can help with my issue.</p> <p>Butterflyguy</p> <p>In looking around I find that Adobe Bridge is not available in a stand-alone program . It appears to be a part of several of Adobe's other software packages including Creative suite series. I will need to decide if purchasing one of these packages is the path I can take.</p> <p>Aspyrider</p> <p>I found Photo Manager and gave it a try. It seems to be unable to see my .mts files. I have all the video format file extensions checked in its list and still no luck. I do like the GUI for it though and hope there is an update available that can fix my problem.</p> <p>NewBirth...</p> <p>I wish I had the talent to create that style of database.  It sounds like a great resource for file management. $600+ is a little steep for me to consider at this time to try to find someone that can do something like it for me.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-do-you-file-your-video-clips#post-44051 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:47:20 +0000 NewBirthProductions 44051@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I file by project, then I had a website built on my local server, it is not connected to the WWW, so only I can access it.  Each page decribes in detail what the project is and each page has keywords decribing the content, each page also has all the clips from that project.  My main page allows me to do key word searches that will return a short summary of each project and allows me to select pages.  then I click on my view button and it puts all the clips from all the pages i selected on one page.  then I select the clips I want and click on grab and it copies those clips to the folder I work from.  It cost me $650 to get this site wrote but it has saved me many hours searching for the clips i need for my current project.  I plan to upgrade the site to let me define my search by audio, video and type of files, a short site I didn't see before.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-do-you-file-your-video-clips#post-44048 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:41:16 +0000 Aspyrider 44048@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I use <a href="http://www.magix.com/us/free-downloads/free-software/photo-manager/">Photo manager </a>from Magix, its free and will thumbnail all video formats.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-do-you-file-your-video-clips#post-44035 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:01:22 +0000 butterflyguy 44035@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Here are a few ideas -</p> <p>If you have it, you can use Adobe Bridge - it's like Windows Explorer on steroids.  It will generate a thumbnail and will play the video from it's interface.</p> <p>When I capture my shots I always name each shot so it can be referenced later. I even use my own shorthand to keep things shorter - for example "mon nec bb" - stand for a monarch butterfly nectaring on a butterfly bush.</p> <p>- Also look into a program called "Better File Rename" I use it all the time.<br /> It allows you do do batch rename with lots of options.<br /> It really helps in organizing your files.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-do-you-file-your-video-clips#post-44032 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 01:19:15 +0000 roblovesvideo 44032@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>hi their. i use a programm called Picture Motion Browser that was supplied when i purchased my Sony video camera. It is brilliant. it sorts either by folder name or by date shot. Very useful, user friendly and powerful programm. i do not think one can purchase it other than when it is supplied when buying a camera. i reside in South Africa so this may not apply to you.</p> <p>Picassa, which is supplied free of charge by google, is very similar but not as user friendly and has far less features. Try it.</p> <p>Try source a copy of PMB, YOU WILL NOT BE DISSAPOINTED.</p> <p>Cheers</p> <p>robert </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-do-you-file-your-video-clips#post-44030 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:27:47 +0000 CraftersOfLight 44030@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I have searched this website and the closest article has a 2007 date on it.</p> <p>I started out with a small camcorder (Panasonic HDC-CF9) about a year ago. I am having a lot of fun with it and am enjoying working with a few video editors, (highest level editor I own is Corel's VideoStudio Pro X2). Largely very armature stuff but it is a nice hobby. I love doing nature/scenery shots, and living in Oregon there is a lot of scenery available within 90 minutes of home.</p> <p>My issue; I am starting to have quite a collection of shots and am facing the daunting task of trying to file these in some logical way. I have almost 200Gb of video in .mts format (AVCHD), 2,200 files ranging from 10 seconds to 15 minutes a clip. The most painful issue is not getting a thumbnail of what the video clip is about. So this involves opening the folder. Opening a video edit program pull a folders worth of videos into the working folder of the editor, and renaming the files based on the topic or location. Time consuming at best. Then storing them on DVD RAM.</p> <p>What methods do you use to file your shots? How do you sort your videos? I know a few of you are in the production business and most likely file by project. I also know that film sites provide a chance for collecting stock footage as well. How do you file those?</p> <p>Any special tools, file software or such you could suggest? Any other suggestions?</p> <p>Thanks in advance for any suggestions.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/external-hard-drive-recommendation#post-40763 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:45:08 +0000 LDPLDP 40763@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>For an external hard drive, get one with Firewire 800 running at 7500 rpm.  I would then transfer all non-essential files from the internal to the external drive and use the internal for making movies.   iMovie6 is still a great little program for making movies but I also use Final Cut Express for more complicated procedures.</p> <p>I also concur with the suggestion of not buying HD camera but stick with mini-DV tape camera.  If you can squeeze in a Sony VX2100 camera, you'll be set for indoor work with minimum of lighting equipment.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/external-hard-drive-recommendation#post-40714 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:27:26 +0000 brandon0409 40714@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Best buy has a 1TB Seagate drive for around $160. I swear by Seagate.</p> <p>What I did was to get one of those and buy an external encloser.  Vioala! External hard drive.</p> <p>Total cost was about $190 for 1TB.</p> <p>Much better than buying those prepackaged 150GB external hard drives for $200.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/external-hard-drive-recommendation#post-40627 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:12:47 +0000 birdcat 40627@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I recently had a Western Digital MyBook500GB (USB &amp; 1394) go bad on me.  Although I have two others (USB only) I won't get a Western Digital again.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/external-hard-drive-recommendation#post-40613 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:31:48 +0000 Coreece 40613@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>These work great with macs...</p> <p><a href="http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/">http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/</a></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/external-hard-drive-recommendation#post-40612 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:06:19 +0000 alohrey 40612@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> If I were you I would invest in the final cut express software to get you started.  It is cheap, and actually pretty powerful software.  As a beginning editor you will focus most of your efforts learning about basic cuts, fades, and the timing of editing.  Final cut express will be able to handle all of the basics, and that way you won't be tempted to waste tons of time one things you don't really need to be doing right now. As for a hard drive, I too would recommend a lacie.  I just picked up a 750 GB disc with eSata, firewire800, usb, and firewire400.  I am currently using it on my macbook pro editing HDV in FCS2.0 and it works great.  Keep up the hard work, your laptop will be a great editing system for you.</p> <p>Thanks</p> <p>~Adam    www.hdupdate.com </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/external-hard-drive-recommendation#post-40611 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:47:49 +0000 robGRAUERT 40611@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Well, your computer set up is fine. It's definitely good enough for DV and probably HDV too, although, i wouldn't jump into HD. It's too soon, theres no point, and it won't enhance your learning process of video in anyway. Learn the basics of video with DV first; save yourself the money. </p> <p>Since you are a student, you can get the student version of Final Cut Studio 2 for like, $700, which is super cheap. The only difference between that and the regular version is that it won't be able to upgrade to Final Cut Studio 3, which won't be for a long time anyway. </p> <p> To answer your questions about the external drive, I've had a 250GB LaCie drive since 2005, and have never had a problem with it. It would be a good idea to have 2 separate hard drives, however, I doubt you'll need a second 1TB hard drive for general school work and everyday things. I would expect 100GB to be plenty. </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/external-hard-drive-recommendation#post-40608 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:24:10 +0000 mbeano 40608@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Hello everyone,</p> <p>I am a new film student (as of now I have only taken theory classes, and yet to take a production class).  I am thinking of buying an external hard drive.  It has been a really long time since I have touched anything in relation to film or video editing so I am pretty ignorant to alot of the technology as well as the jargon.</p> <p>I really want to get more into video editing.  Unfortunately, due to lack of funds, I have to buy my system in stages, little by little, and cannot afford to have 1 system dedicated solely to editing (for now).  So for the time being my laptop will be used for everday stuff as well as learning editing and fufute student video projects.  Here are my computer details:</p> <p>Laptop - Apple MacbookPro 2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4G DDR2 SDRAM, and 250G Hard drive, running OSX  10.5.</p> <p>For now I only have iMovie, but eventually plan on buying Final Cut Pro.  So for now I am looking for recommendations on an external hard drive.  I know I want at least 1 terabyte of storage.  I am also wondering If it is recommended to get 2 separate external hard drives - one for my media, and 1 for everyday stuff.  In all I'd like to keep my costs down under $600.</p> <p>As I am new to all of this any comments on what I need or should be thinking about would be welcome, and all advice  would be much appreciated</p> <p>Thanks in advance,</p> <p>Mike</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/to-firestore-or-not-to-firestore#post-39165 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:23:18 +0000 TheDVshow 39165@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>There are a few out there</p> <p><a href="http://www.focusinfo.com/">Focus Enhancements - Firestore</a><br /> <a href="http://www.shining.com/">Shining Technologies - CitiDisk</a><br /> <a href="http://www.nnovia.com/">nNovia - QuickCapture</a><br /> <a href="http://dvrecorder.com/">Datavideo- DV Bank</a><br /> <a href="http://www.sony.com/">Sony - DSR-DU1</a></p> <p>Then there is the Archos.</p> <p>Nice commentary on the Archos vs Firestore:</p> <p><a href="http://ieba.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/firestore-versus-archos/" rel="nofollow">http://ieba.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/firestore-versus-archos/</a></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/to-firestore-or-not-to-firestore#post-39153 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:16:46 +0000 McDuke 39153@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>So it seems I'm taking the dive and  researching Firestore and related storage devices. I'm finding more and more manufacturers out there any input from those that have used them would be appreciated. What's good, what sucks. We're using a Sony HDR FX1 and we usually shoot regular DV</p> <p>I see Firestore, Canon has something out and Citi Disk and, and the list grows</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/big-news-from-g-tech#post-35344 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:13:47 +0000 Videoguy 35344@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Big News from G-Tech</p> <p>It’s been a very eventful year so far for G-Technologies, the maker of the award winning external storage solutions for video producers. Back in January, at Mac World, it was officially announced that Fabrik had acquired G-Tech. Fabrik is a leading provider of innovative storage, memory and next generation online services. What does this mean for G-Tech storage users and fans? Most importantly, the company now has significantly better financial strength and purchasing power. Over the past year product shortages have been common and this has impacted the availability of new product lines like the breakthrough G-SPEED eS series. Fabrik is committed to the G-Tech brand and product line. Over the next year we can expect the same great products and service that fueled G-Tech’s recent growth as well as some exciting new products that will define a completely new segment of the creative pro market.</p> <p><em> We are already seeing the benefits of the Fabrik acquisition! We have two major announcements for you! </em></p> <p>1) <strong>New lower prices on the award winning G-RAID 2 family of external storage solutions for video.</strong> Over the past few years G-RAIDs have become the de facto standard in video editing. Regardless of your platform (PC or Mac) or the video editing software you use (Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 / Production Premium CS3, Apple Final Cut Pro 6/ Final Cut Studio 2, Avid Express Pro / Media Composer, Sony Vegas Pro 8, Pinnacle/Avid Liquid 7, Grass Valley Edius Pro / Broadcast, or consumer level editors from Pinnacle, Adobe, Ulead, Sony and others), G-RAIDs are the perfect external storage solution. Just how low are the new prices – check out this list – and yes we have plenty of stock!</p> <p>* G-RAID 2 - 500GB - $329.95<br /> * G- RAID 2 - 1 Terabyte (1,000GB) - $499.95<br /> * G- RAID 2 - 1.5 Terabyte (1,500GB) - $699.95<br /> * G- RAID 2 - 2 Terabyte (2,000GB) - $1,050.00</p> <p>2) <strong>G-Tech G-SPEED eS are in STOCK!!</strong> The G-Tech G-SPEED is a top-notch storage solution for video editing – especially if you are going to be editing HD footage. G-SPEED eS gives you all the throughput you need for the most demanding SD or HD video work, including complex long-format projects. Even more importantly the flexible RAID configuration allows you to select a RAID5 configuration for redundancy.</p> <p>G-SPEED eS is a complete storage solution. It consists of an external drive array, special eSata controller card and Browser-Based RAID Configuration and Management. This winning combination of technology gives you a screaming fast storage solution with flexible configurations to meet even the most demanding video editing needs. The best part is that it doesn’t require you to buy an expensive and difficult to configure SCSI or FibreChannel controller card. The PCIe card is a snap to install on a Mac or Windows machine, and you can purchase additional storage units that can be daisy chained as needed. We have the following G-SPEED eS configurations available for immediate delivery!</p> <p>* G-SPEED eS PCIe 2 Terabyte (2,000GB) $1,429.00<br /> * G-SPEED eS PCIe 3 Terabyte (3,000GB) $1,899.00<br /> * G-SPEED eS PCIe 4 Terabyte (4,000GB) $2,850.00</p> <p>For more G-Tech info <a href="http://www.videoguys.com/gtech.html">http://www.videoguys.com/gtech.html</a></p> <p>Gary</p>