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kenr44 wrote on 12/14/2005, 5:14 AM

In your book ,Vegas 6, you made reference to an ADS 3.5 portable HD that is self battery powered. I have looked at the ADS site and can't find it. Can you point me in the right direction? Thanks

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RNLVideo wrote on 12/14/2005, 7:14 PM

How ironic - I read that same section of the book just last night, went to the ADS web site and couldn't find the drive Spot refers to. I too would like to get more info on it.

Rick

B_JM wrote on 12/14/2005, 7:21 PM

http://www.adstech.com/products/API_820/intro/API820intro.asp?pid=API820

fldave wrote on 12/14/2005, 7:30 PM

Nice. But will it work for HDV as well as DV? Specification page throws errors.

B_JM wrote on 12/14/2005, 7:33 PM

i dont see why not -- the data rate is the same

Spot|DSE wrote on 12/15/2005, 12:21 AM

It'll store HDV, yes. Using one right this second.
I can't look at the book right now, so don't know if you're referring to a record-to-disk drive, or a storage drive. You can't use the ADS Record-to-disk drive for HDV, it doesn't have the correct front end software. I was just informed at DVEXpo that they are no longer making the direct to disk recorder anyway.

fldave wrote on 12/15/2005, 3:58 AM

Thanks for the info Spot. I was referring to record-to-disk for HDV. I like the idea of a cheap laptop with DVRack, though. That might be more useful overall.

Bill Ravens wrote on 12/15/2005, 7:38 AM

hmmm...if that link goes to the right page, it'll send you to the Pyro DV Drive page. I've had one of these for over a year. It's, fundamentally, a relabelled Citidisk. For my money and experience, it's unreliable and problemmattic, at best. Not worth the $700 price.

B_JM wrote on 12/15/2005, 6:43 PM

laird telemedia has some also .... http://www.lairdtelemedia.com