No More Digi Beta???

G. Lee Gordon · April 9th, 2008, 10:04 AM

Are there any working professionals who have gone directly from the telecine to a direct to disk option (e.g. Firestore, nNovia, etc)?

John Mitchell · April 27th, 2008, 09:37 PM

The two methods are not comparable. Digibeta is 4:2:2 8 bit storage, but with 10bit external processing. Portable HDD recorders are either DV 4:2:0 25Mb/s of HDV MPEG2 Long GOP (4:2:0) @25Mb/s.

These days you would be better off getting a 10bit still frame stream stored to a portable HDD to maintain the original quality of the film.

April 9th, 2008, 10:04 AM	#1
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April 27th, 2008, 09:37 PM	#2
John Mitchell Contributor Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 539	The two methods are not comparable. Digibeta is 4:2:2 8 bit storage, but with 10bit external processing. Portable HDD recorders are either DV 4:2:0 25Mb/s of HDV MPEG2 Long GOP (4:2:0) @25Mb/s. These days you would be better off getting a 10bit still frame stream stored to a portable HDD to maintain the original quality of the film.