Re: HDOne w/MacBook Pro

I've had an HDPro for several months now and have been thrilled with its performance connected to my Quad Core G5. At the time I bought my HD Pro, I also acquired a eLane-1ex card mostly out of curiosity. This week while in the final stages of an edit, my G5 suddenly WENT DOWN with client in the room. While scrambling to try and figure out how to make our deadline I remembered the eLane-1ex card which I had never even plugged in or attempted to use. Necessity being the mother of invention I gave it a shot--with low expectations since we were editing full 1920x1080 HD. I connected my MacBok Pro and booted my G5 in Target disk mode to access the project file and non video elements. The HDPro showed up on the desktop as planned, and unbelievably, I was editing again within 15 minutes of a catastrophic G5 failure. The MacPro/HDPro combo played the full HD no problem and I was able to finish the job for a very relived client. If you are considering any Caldigit product, I would say you cannot go wrong. From packaging, to product, to support that company has done nothing but impress me... As I said, I bought the eLane-1ex card more as a curiosity than anything else since it's so cheep. Much to my surprise and delight it ended up being the best insurance policy I could have asked for.