Re: SD 744 Reliability ( No Flaming)

"Karl W. Lohninger" <donotuse@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:BF387ED1.11821%donotuse@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>I had a serious incident during my last feature - 2 thirds into the game I
> couldn't access some of the (audio) folders and a day later all audio
> files
> were inaccessible. That was a serious hit having something to do with
> firewire (I'm on a Mac) though it's unclear exactly what.
>
> I had a back-up for all files so I didn't lose anything. Nevertheless
> since
> then I haven't used firewire to transfer files to my computer, only CF
> cards. The problem was never fixed and while it may not happen every day
> or
> every week it happened once;-(
>
> That doesn't mean that there is a reliability problem, I love the 744,
> even
> appreciate its tinyness that made me crazy at the beginning but there are
> a
> few issues that are somewhat overdue to be fixed:
>
> a dependable firewire connection is the most important one. It's also
> still
> not possible to attach a firewire dvd writer to the 744 for delivery - one
> must schlepp a computer onto the set, transfer all files to the computer
> and
> then write the files to a DVD with the computer. That's a very silly thing
> to do after wrap is called and the lights are going away and somebody is
> tapping his/her foot to get the DVD so they can take it to
> telecine........
>
> Besides that some other features beg to be finally implemented (mono
> monitoring, storage of user setups - to name the more important ones) the
> 744 is a fine machine I wouldn't hesitate to recommend.
>
> Karl

A little off-topic, but--- I've been having intermittant connectivity issues
between external hard drives and several PCs using Firewire. On the other
hand, I've had none of those issues with USB2, and no issues of performance
either.

Steve King


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