Re: Big Favor to ask the herd before they cull me.

Wow,
Thanks for the information guys. Seems I will for sure want to test drive a casablanca system and see if it is worth it to me. I am so divided on this issue. In one way I like the proprietary nature of it all in that theoretically it should all work smoothly together in the Casablanca system--however I do think Casablanca systems are expensive for what they do. One of my issues is that a clinic may be rendering multiple clips--plus health care workers do not have time to screw with sound card issues, new patch updates for software etc..as I won't want this unit to be conected to the internet.

What do you think about a sony vaio stripped clean of all but the movie shaker??

I am thinking of going with a computer with a slightly slower processor, 2 gig of RAM, a DVD drive and a VCR/DV that can be controlled via the firewire--with a miniDV slot and VHS in the same unit. They could dub the DV to VHS if they didn't want the edit and they could print to tape if they wanted VHS with an edit, or to the DVD burner.

Is RAM the most important for a fast render??
What about a Mac--I don't use them but is that a good option.

Love your comments and appreciate your time.
JOhn