It should be pointed out that Harris IS still developing and selling the Velocity product, just not a product that will allow upgrades from any of the hardware/software based Velocity systems, including Velocity, VelocityQ and VelocityHD.
They transitioned the product into a software only editing system called Velocity NX, which has to be purchased as a turnkey system that includes their Nexio SAN storage system and bundled PC's. They also sell Velocity in a software only configuration called Velocity XNG.
They no longer market their products to post-production houses or boutique video companies, instead focusing on television news and promotion departments.
http://www.broadcast.harris.com/products/editing/
I've tried several times to find out if I could purchase just the software only version and if so, would it read/write .dps files....but I can't get anyone at Harris to respond. I've called and talked to support and sales, and no-one there can answer my questions. We recently had to go through Harris to buy software upgrades for our VelocityQ systems, and it was a nightmare. They are NOT a service oriented company. And if you're a little fish, they'd just as soon see you drown as help you keep your head above water.
Such a shame...as I bet fully half the people that own Velocity systems would buy the software if they'd just market it to them.
Chris Blair
Magnetic Image, Inc.
Evansville, IN
www.videomi.com
