I consulted over the past three months with another Florida state agency to
acquire some production equipment including an NLE. We reviewed many of
the major players including AVID, however their budget was limited. I know
nothing beats actually working on a system, but after a demonstration of
Velocity I had to concede that on a performance Vs price basis the DPS was a
good deal. They bought the top of the line, turnkey system with including
150 GB of storage, 500 MHz dual Pentium PC, breakout box, and firewire I/O
for around $16,000. The firewire worked as advertised, however DPS uses
their own CODEC, hence there is transcoding to and from the DV format.
I prefer the AVID interface, but for the price the Velocity interface was
very workable. They seem very happy with it. They added the JVC GY-DV500
camcorder and BR-DV-600 for a nifty, low cost system. They've been using it
for about 30 days and last I heard were happy with it.
Lee M. Berger
Florida Department of Corrections
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