Lucas Wilson
11-19-2007, 04:14 PM
Hi all,
So... people have noticed that we announced the PrePost bundle. Cool. : )
I'll get this out of the way first...
The entire bundle - hardware + software = USD $ 55K.
And we are also proud to announce that the first customer for the PrePost bundle is PlasterCity Digital Post in Los Angeles. Plaster City is one of the world's most advanced FCP-based facilities, have been on the forefront of the RED workflow, and we are psyched that they have taken the lead here.
We have worked very hard for awhile now to put this bundle together. The hardware is unique, and from a vendor that traditionally does not serve this industry, but has an incredible depth of experience in ruggedized high-performance computing. "The Cube" is literally 12x12x12 (inches.) It has dual quad-cores, 3G RAM, an NVidia SDI card, a removable disk-pac consisting of 2.5TB RAID5, and comes with a customized Pelican Case as part of the price. It can power off of AC, or 24VDC for onset applications. The unit is very quiet and can be used on just about any set. Filtration is also excellent, so while the system is not ruggedized in the technical sense of the word - you can't dump water into it and have it keep running - it is extremely tough and ultra-durable. Internally at ASSIMILATE, we have had the cubes for several months now to pound on. One particular cube has been on-set in New Zealand, in an un-airconditioned loft in Mumbai in summer, on the trade-show floor of IBC, on the floor of the basement at RED, and most recently with me in Vancouver last week, with zero data loss or any other hardware issues.
Combine this with a very powerful version of SCRATCH, and this is really a fantastic combination for an incredible price. Buying this bundle is essentially getting the hardware for free. We can also offer limited terms on the bundle.
We realize that this is beyond what some people can afford. And I really really do wish that we had something for everyone. But we're proud of this bundle, and feel that we accomplished what we wanted to do - offer a high-end turnkey system that could give people realtime DI capability at a fraction of the price of other comparable systems.
The REDvolution is all about democratization, and we're proud to be part of it.
As always, if there any questions - y'all know where I am.
Lucas Wilson
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ASSIMILATE, inc.
LA, CA, USA
email: lucas at assimilateinc dot com
So... people have noticed that we announced the PrePost bundle. Cool. : )
I'll get this out of the way first...
The entire bundle - hardware + software = USD $ 55K.
And we are also proud to announce that the first customer for the PrePost bundle is PlasterCity Digital Post in Los Angeles. Plaster City is one of the world's most advanced FCP-based facilities, have been on the forefront of the RED workflow, and we are psyched that they have taken the lead here.
We have worked very hard for awhile now to put this bundle together. The hardware is unique, and from a vendor that traditionally does not serve this industry, but has an incredible depth of experience in ruggedized high-performance computing. "The Cube" is literally 12x12x12 (inches.) It has dual quad-cores, 3G RAM, an NVidia SDI card, a removable disk-pac consisting of 2.5TB RAID5, and comes with a customized Pelican Case as part of the price. It can power off of AC, or 24VDC for onset applications. The unit is very quiet and can be used on just about any set. Filtration is also excellent, so while the system is not ruggedized in the technical sense of the word - you can't dump water into it and have it keep running - it is extremely tough and ultra-durable. Internally at ASSIMILATE, we have had the cubes for several months now to pound on. One particular cube has been on-set in New Zealand, in an un-airconditioned loft in Mumbai in summer, on the trade-show floor of IBC, on the floor of the basement at RED, and most recently with me in Vancouver last week, with zero data loss or any other hardware issues.
Combine this with a very powerful version of SCRATCH, and this is really a fantastic combination for an incredible price. Buying this bundle is essentially getting the hardware for free. We can also offer limited terms on the bundle.
We realize that this is beyond what some people can afford. And I really really do wish that we had something for everyone. But we're proud of this bundle, and feel that we accomplished what we wanted to do - offer a high-end turnkey system that could give people realtime DI capability at a fraction of the price of other comparable systems.
The REDvolution is all about democratization, and we're proud to be part of it.
As always, if there any questions - y'all know where I am.
Lucas Wilson
--------------
ASSIMILATE, inc.
LA, CA, USA
email: lucas at assimilateinc dot com