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From: seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Video Toaster
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Date: 6 Jan 91 04:58:19 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from higgin@cbmvax.commodore.com

 
Who is the "biggest name" in this area?  
 
The first product of this type that I've seen is the AVID/1 Media
Composer...it's about $70,000.  In the article about it (Millimeter) they also
mentioned Blade Runner ($15,995), which uses a modified version of the
Moonraker digitizer.  The manufacturer went on to say that the best system to
configure for work with this would be a ][fx with a Pinnacle "juke box" of 10
magneto-optical drives, and a Sony 1302.  This would bring the price of the
Blade Runner workstation up to about $35,000.
 
100 x $70,000 = $7,000,000
 
This sounds pretty good to me, but I don't know what their R&D, marketing,
etc. cost them.
 
Sean
 
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