Re: RED > AVID Workflow - Whats the latest opinions / thought?

Unless you need to do analog input or output, you don't need the Nitris DX. The Mojo DX will allow you to do HD in and out (via SDI only) and costs less than 1/3 the price. It will even let you do uncompressed HD (1:1) if your storage is fast enough. The software license you already have should be upgradeable to version 3.5. I would consider taking the assistant's machines and going MC software only, and the editors' workstations going with Mojo DX. Even the software version is now HD compatible, and has been for some time.

Avid has come a very, very long way in the last year or two. Most of the notions expressed here regarding things like requiring an offline/online approach are seriously outdated. The DNxHD resolutions are almost identical to what Apple offers in ProRes (except that it took Apple until a few weeks ago to catch up in terms of an "offline" HD codec) with the exception of 4:4:4 capability - which in the vast majority of cases is unnecessary because the material isn't recorded that way in the first place. ProResHQ and DNxHD175x (for 23.98 material) are nearly identical in terms of quality and multigenerational performance. The same goes for ProRes422 and DNxHD115. And the new ProRes Proxy is a direct knockoff of DNxHD36. Exactly the same options are available on Avid as on Final Cut. Those claiming otherwise aren't familiar enough with the facts.