Re: new IoHD lookalike ... sort of

[David Smith] "Have you ever evaluated the V3HD yourself Walter? You have repeatedly bashed MOTU here on the COW, but I only see anecdotal reasons in your posts. I own two of these units and have been very satisfied with them. I know another company that owns seven of them and they are quite happy with the product."

I don't have to, enough people I work with have tried it for me. In ever case, the unit has been sent back. You're the first person I've heard of that can even get it to work properly and reliably.


[David Smith] "So I'd really like to know: Have you, yourself had bad experiences with the V3HD or with the MOTU company?"

Again, I don't have to, I'm getting the information first hand from the folks who have tried it. In one particular case a local company asked my advice of the MOTU vs. Io HD. I explained that MOTU is an audio company and I would not consider a video conversion product from them, especially after looking at the layout of it and seeing the specs. They purchased the MOTU. With AJA's strong background in video production and the "real" realtime conversions, I recommended AJA. One month later they replaced it with the Io HD.

If the Matrox MXO2 lives up to its billing, that looks like a great product too. The MOTU boxes are just not something that I would consider for our uses nor can I recommend them at this time based on the information I have received.



Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.

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