advice kona 3 vs LH

Hi

I have a small production company in the south of France and we have been growing steadily over the years.

We are in the process of investing in a new edit station to accommodate the demands and we are looking in the KONA 3.

We are want to progressively orient our selves towards a full HD workflow and the KONA 3 seams the logical choice for the new station with regards to quality/cost.

But unfortunately our clients here still have old sources they want to use.

The new station will be partly financed with such a demand. One of our client is asking us to digitalize large amounts of footage mostly in UMATIC! (estimation 400hours +)

We want to invest in the HD workflow but we still have SD demands such as this particular case and lots of HDV. We will have to invest n the AJA HS10AVA as well.

In choosing to use the investment for the extra station as a step in the HD solution but having to use that solution for a long period of time in sd (estimation of 8 months) before, is it worth it?

Basically my question is: How long will be the shelf life of the KONA 3? Is it better to invest in the LH for the mean time?

My doubts are basically around the Dual link and the HD up conversion. We should not be tackling it before the third quarter of 2009.

We are equipped with the IoHD and due to its limitation have lost certain clients for specific projects.

Any advice would greatly appreciate.

Kind regards


Bahram




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