my profile | my password | search | faq & rules | forum home

» Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE   » Operations   » Digital Cinema Forum   » I have crossed over to the Dark Side...My first D-Cinema install (Page 3)

This topic comprises 9 pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9

Author Topic: I have crossed over to the Dark Side...My first D-Cinema install Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 12-11-2011 09:04 PM                     Hardware doesn't make a good server all on its own Mark. Brainwashing does appear to work well though.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-11-2011 09:21 PM                     So 6 to 1 people have been brainwashed... ok! Thats a very good thing. Actually, good hardware is VERY important to the longevity of a given product.  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 12-11-2011 10:03 PM                     Jeeze, I can't leave the room without you kids fighting.... Anyways, the install officially starts this coming Weds. with the installation of the new rack (the existing rack has 1 RU of space available) and running of various conduits and cables. I also have to reset the shelf for the projector. BTW Mark, all equipment was already bought and paid for. I'll check in periodically with updates as this progresses. Y'all try to behave in the meantime.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 12-11-2011 10:35 PM                     Don't worry about us Tony. It's just Mark constantly changing his mind on what is good and what is bad. You've seen it for years. There were an awful lot of SDDS systems installed back in the day. I guess by Mark's logic that made it the best and most reliable choice for theaters. Similarly most music these days is now sold on mp3 formats. There again, a much needed improvement over those poor quality records and CDs. Mark - the best hardware in the world still sucks when the design of the hardware was not properly thought out and the software is shit. Pictures Tony, pictures!  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 12-11-2011 11:25 PM                     LOL yep I have seen Mark change his endorsements as often as he changes his socks. And yes, of course pictures will be provided. I'll pick two for this thread and send the rest of the lot to you for the Warehouse. EDIT: Here's the existing projector and shelf: And here's the existing rack: Oh, and this: quote: Brad Miller ....the best hardware in the world still sucks when the design of the hardware was not properly thought out and the software is shit. Has to be the quote of the year, if not the summary of the whole Digital Cinema conversion process.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 12-12-2011 01:50 AM                     That VHS is gonna look SWEET on the DLP projector!  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 12-12-2011 02:09 AM                        Kind of looks like a D-VHS deck to me.  |  IP: Logged Paul Gordon Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 580 From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Registered: Aug 2005 posted 12-12-2011 05:58 AM                        I think its one of those weird japanese Minidv/DVCAM on one side VHS and the other decks... I had one a few years back.  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 12-12-2011 11:27 AM                     Brad: Yep. Joe: I wish..it's just a plain jane VHS..sort of....see next: Paul: Nope, what it is, is a world-wide VHS deck. Will play any VHS tape and can output NTSC (Never The Same Colors), PAL or SECAM. Oh, and that little gem was $1,700.00 (Plus another $100 for the Middle Atlantic Rack mount.) The deck directly above the VHS is a four-letter S-word MiniDV/DVCAM/HDV deck that can record and playback. I have not connected any record inputs much to the chagrin of some professors and students. (The University has MiniDV editing suites.)  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 12-12-2011 11:43 AM                        "Four-letter S-word"... Love it! Soon Only Not Yet September Of Next Year  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 12-12-2011 05:40 PM                        Why would anyone be bothered that you didn't hook anything to the inputs of the DV deck? The booth is for presenting programs and the such, not recording them.  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 12-12-2011 06:15 PM                     Is it! Is it? - Carsten  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 12-12-2011 06:50 PM                     quote: Joe Redifer Why would anyone be bothered that you didn't hook anything to the inputs of the DV deck? The booth is for presenting programs and the such, not recording them. Have you ever dealt with University professors and students Joe? I have told people I work in the world of macadamia...when they try to correct me I tell them no, I mean macadamia...because they're all nuts. I used the presentation only position and the argument that to set up record capability would leave them open to possible copyright violation liability. Remember this is the same place where the Gospel Choir director totally destroyed the acoustics of HIB 100 with all those damn wood panels..just so he could use the room for six months until the Arts Building was finished. They do have odd quirks sometimes there, but they always pay the bills on time and overall treat me pretty good.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-12-2011 07:32 PM                        I could see using the DVCAM deck as an easy way to combine, say, multiple shorts on DVD onto one tape for a continuous program. I have also seen rooms that have a security-type video camera mounted in the ceiling, which could be connected to a recording device to videotape speeches and such. Lots of these rooms are multi-use facilities (ugh!) where film/video exhibition is only a small part of the purpose that they serve. Sure, it's not a production facility, but it is not unreasonable for people to want an easy way to record stuff. Agreed with Tony on colleges and universities. They don't "get" film exhibition at all (for the most part), but they are generally good people and they do pay their bills on time (mostly...sometimes they cannot figure out which department to bill).  |  IP: Logged James Wallor Film Handler Posts: 26 From: Houghton, MI, United States Registered: Mar 2011 posted 12-13-2011 07:46 PM                     At the university that I attend, it's a student org that deals with the movies shown. Very few people in the university even have access to the booth we have our equipment in, and absolutely no professors have access. There is nothing that we record in our booth, since... well, there's absolutely no reason to. The university has it's own equipment room with recording equipment for distance learning or offering lectures online for the students to view/download. I think I'd immediately revoke the privileges if one of my projectionists tried to record something we were showing. There's no way I'd stand for any equipment like that being brought in, for any reason.  |  IP: Logged

All times are Central (GMT -6:00)

This topic comprises 9 pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9

Printer-friendly view of this topic

Hop To: Select a Forum: Category: Operations -------------------- Digital Cinema Forum Film Handlers' Forum Large Format Forum Ground Level Feature Info, Trailer Attachments & REAL Credit Offsets Category: Community -------------------- Film-Yak Film Handlers' Movie Reviews The Afterlife Bob Maar's Joke-A-Thon Category: Classified -------------------- Equipment and Supplies Wanted/For Sale Help Wanted/Seeking Employment Category: System -------------------- Software Beta Testing Forum

The Film-Tech Forums are designed for various members related to the cinema industry to express their opinions, viewpoints and testimonials on various products, services and events based upon speculation, personal knowledge and factual information through use, therefore all views represented here allow no liability upon the publishers of this web site and the owners of said views assume no liability for any ill will resulting from these postings. The posts made here are for educational as well as entertainment purposes and as such anyone viewing this portion of the website must accept these views as statements of the author of that opinion and agrees to release the authors from any and all liability.