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On 2/06/2011 1:04 AM, Jason Nicholls wrote:
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<pre wrap="">- Dell Vostro 3550, from $599 with 15" screen, USB 3.0, eSATA, and
ExpressCard. So +$40 for firewire card = $639 ea
- Dell Vostro 3350, from $699 specs as above but 13" screen (more
compact = better IMO) = $739 ea
- 3x 3350 + fw cards = $739 x 3
- 1x 3750 = $1189
total = $3406
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Nice; in light of the dual option of ExpressCard or USB3 probably
safeguards us best for now and the future. I'm in favour of the
switch to these laptops with ExpressCard firewire.<br>
<br>
I called Dell; they CAN'T take Windows off this! They can't swap the
HDD for an SSD. There's basically no customisation of any parts on
the vostro series. Quote attached. I'm sure we could grab an SSD for
the video capture hosts if we want - small is fine - HT has a 16 GB
SATA Kingston SSDNow for $66, probably better prices around.<br>
<br>
For the DVswitch host - looks like the fastest clock speed CPU is
around 2 GHz with speed boost to 2.9 Ghz. DVSwitch wiki (a little
out of date) suggests "<a name="sinks">The DVSwitch GUI does require
at least a 1 Ghz CPU, but the GUI will flicker until about 2Ghz."
</a>Storage is going to be limited to one disk - so would have to be
a traditional HDD here for storage of video in a combined dvswitch +
encoding platform. Perhaps we still get an Optiplex with a 3.4 Ghz
core i7 as the encoding host (with the gobs of storage) and have the
DVswitch host swapped to an SSD too?<br>
<br>
3 x 3350 + fw cards = $739 x 3<br>
1 x 3750 = $1,189<br>
1 x Optiplex 990 = $1,740.<br>
PC total = $5,146<br>
<br>
Turning to Audio for a second:<br>
US$100 = 10 channel Yamaha mixer
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.amazon.com/Yamaha-MG102C-Input-Stereo-Mixer/dp/B000Z7C9T8/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1306932880&sr=8-4">http://www.amazon.com/Yamaha-MG102C-Input-Stereo-Mixer/dp/B000Z7C9T8/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1306932880&sr=8-4</a><br>
AU$269 for the same at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.proaudio.com.au/shoppingcart/products/Yamaha-MG102C.html">http://www.proaudio.com.au/shoppingcart/products/Yamaha-MG102C.html</a><br>
AU$49 for 3 wired mics
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.kosmic.com.au/Hi%20Tech/BEHRINGER/710?Behringer+XM1800S++Microphone+3+Pack">http://www.kosmic.com.au/Hi%20Tech/BEHRINGER/710?Behringer+XM1800S++Microphone+3+Pack</a><br>
AU$45 for a 20 metre XLR cable - need three of these at least
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.kosmic.com.au/search/search_display.php?searchMediaType=8&brand_search=XLR&searchType=narrow&cid=&order_dir=asc&orderby=point&page=1">http://www.kosmic.com.au/search/search_display.php?searchMediaType=8&brand_search=XLR&searchType=narrow&cid=&order_dir=asc&orderby=point&page=1</a><br>
<br>
Hm. Perhaps a field trip to Kosmic audio? Cannington/Osborne Park?
Open till 9pm on Thursdays?<br>
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