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Some comments on this:<br>
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I'd advise getting one of the WinTV versions that has S-Video in (the
WinTV GO just has composite), as you can get better quality with S-Video
connections, especially on longer cable runs.<br>
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I'd advise against G450s on the linux side (audio and video capture) at
the moment, as they don't work in RedHat 6.2 out of the box. Dual head is
not a need for those machines.<br>
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The ZIP drives are probably not necessary in the Linux machines as
well.<br>
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We recommend the video capture box be a dual processor. <br>
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You don't need the Win2k/WinME and Office items for the Linux boxes.
Control computer doesn't need Win2k or Office. Display doesn't need
WinME. (Or are they pricing that as WinME+Win2k upgrade?)<br>
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We advise against the Cisco 3500 line of switches, due to problems in
their handling of multicast. The Intel 460t does a great job for
us.<br>
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<blockquote type=cite cite>1. Instead of building our own PCs (the specs
for which are in the pdf<br>
file), we're thinking of going with Dell (say) pre-built machines.
Dell<br>
supply their standard workstations with Matrox G450 cards. <br>
</blockquote><br>
There have been reports of some Dell machines not supporting four video
capture cards due to differences between the PCI slots. We've not had the
chance to replicate that problem here. <br>
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<blockquote type=cite cite>2. Our spec says only the display computer is
dual processor, but we know<br>
they all should be.</blockquote><br>
Well, we typically just recommend the display and video capture be dual
processors.<br>
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<blockquote type=cite cite>3. Our spec says all the computers are Windows
2000, but we know only <br>
the display computer is; the video and audio capture computers
should<br>
be Linux; and the control computer Windows 98.</blockquote><br>
Ah, okay.<br>
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<blockquote type=cite cite>4. Bob Olson's spec on the web says a
"Power Conditioner" is "highly<br>
recommended". Firstly, APS Technologies
(<a href="http://www.apstech.com/" eudora="autourl">www.apstech.com</a>)
do the kind of<br>
equipment to handle power surges, etc. Is this what was meant?
Secondly,<br>
given the choice of more power for a PC (say) or one of these
things,<br>
which would you buy?</blockquote><br>
More power in what sense?<br>
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The conditioner that we're recommending is the Furman box that's
specifically engineered for audio applications. We've cases where some
nasty audio noise problems just went away when the equipment was powered
thru the Furman.<br>
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