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hylton	what do I need...new purchase in the next few months...	Lead	[-]
Posts: 4028 (December 19, 2001 11:39 PM) Owner Emeritus Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None Hey guys...got a av editing question... I'm thinking of buying a new 'puter in the next 6 months...starting my digging and researching...one thing I'd like to have is AV editing capability...never used it on the current VAIOs that I have, but I'm planning to get a Sony digital camera and digital video camera soon too... The question is this...will a newer VAIO (RX450 or RX550) do the job for basic editing...about all I'll want to do is take video from my camera and burn a home DVD from it...will these machines do this and maintain 95% of the quality of the original recording or do I need more UMPH in hardward and software ? Chris
DaveC	Re: what do I need...new purchase in the next few months...	#1	[-]
Posts: 4663 (December 19, 2001 11:57 PM) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I got to go and look up the RX450 and RX550 but if they have DVD burners I don't see any reason why they wouldn't do the job. I have been thinking strongly about the RX580. It seems to me it lists for $1500 and has a DVD burner, 1.8 GHZ P4, 256MB ram and a 80 GB HD. If it works, and it should, I hear that MPEG2 DVD-Rs are about as good as the original DV footage. I will try to look up the 450 and 550. The RX450 is an old model that doesn't seem to have a DVD burner and is out of stock at Crutchfield www.crutchfield.com/S-H7JYwMILJjj/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?I=158PCVRX45&sid=S-H7JYwMILJjj It looks like the RX550 replaced the 450 but it doesn't have a DVD burner either. www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S-H7JYwMILJjj/ProdView.asp?s=0&c=5&g=14070&I=158PCVRX55&o=P&a=0 I think you need to go to the 580 to get a DVD burner www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S-H7JYwMILJjj/ProdView.asp?s=0&c=5&g=14070&I=158PCVRX58&o=P&a=0 Dave
amf1932	Re: what do I need...new purchase in the next few months...	#2	[-]
Posts: 2295 (December 20, 2001 12:07 AM) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Chris, Did you know that WinXP has a program called "Windows Movie Maker"? I never used it yet, but this is already installed, and when I get the chance I'll try it out. Also, my Sony Cybershot camera was recognized immediately by WinXP(Home Edition), and it automatically downloaded the proper USB drivers. It's a snap to send your images to your hard drive. Alan P.S. Are these new additions that you're getting Christmas presents, and if they are, somebody out there really likes you. hehehe
hylton	Re: what do I need...new purchase in the next few months...	#3	[-]
Posts: 4028 (December 20, 2001 12:14 AM) Owner Emeritus Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	The RX450 is avail as a refurb from Sony (sonystyle) for $650 smoking deal, then I was going to add a DVDRW...same thing for the 550, I would have to add the hardware... as i've shopped for DVDRW drives tonight, looks like they are $500 to $600... So...went back to SonyStyle and priced a custom RX500A (it's actually the 'budget dvdrw' machine)...P4 1.5 ghz, 256mb memory, 60gb hd, DVDRW...this machine is out of stock, but still able to be back ordered...it's only $1199...sounds like a pretty good deal...I can add another 256mb of memory for little or nothing from Crucial and bring it up to 512mb of memory... I'm just curious if DVDRW is really decent technology yet or if it's still having growing pains... Chris
hylton	Re: what do I need...new purchase in the next few months...	#4	[-]
Posts: 4028 (December 20, 2001 12:17 AM) Owner Emeritus Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	btw...yea, movie maker in windows xp can do some stuff...haven't played w/ it either...not sure what all it can do...i just want to be able to transfer video to DVD for archive purposes and to play on my TV w/ my home DVD player... unfortunately these are not christmas presents for me...hehehe...i wish...my wife's PCV150 has been on it's last leg for awhile...i had to use it the other day for some stuff that wasn't compatible w/ windows xp (she still has Win2k on it)...and I was downright disgusted w/ the speed...and it made me feel guilty to be running this 'screamin' P2-400 hehehe... so...it'll be a new 'family computer'...the wife will likely get my P2...I'm getting a new laptop (Sony or Dell) from work early next year...and I'll keep using the N505VE for travelling...probably give my PCV150 to my brothers kids... Chris
amf1932	Re: what do I need...new purchase in the next few months...	#5	[-]
Posts: 2295 (December 20, 2001 12:19 AM) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I think that the DVD-R's and RW's are going to speed up just the same as CD-R's and RW's did in the past. Alan
DaveC	Re: what do I need...new purchase in the next few months...	#6	[-]
Posts: 4663 (December 20, 2001 12:26 AM) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	DVD-RWs are definately new and will be having growing pains for at least a year or two. The blank DVD-Rs are still way too expensive and they are slow (1X for DVD-RW and 2X for DVD-R). In a year they will probably be 4X or 6X, who knows. As far as adding a DVD-RW drive, that is an area that I would fear to tread but others have done it in non-Sony computers. The software is what worries me. I would be afraid to try and add one to a Sony. But you could be our hero and inspiration if you could pull it off. Go for it Chris! Dave
hylton	Re: what do I need...new purchase in the next few months...	#7	[-]
Posts: 4028 (December 20, 2001 8:43 AM) Owner Emeritus Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I may just wait then...and either by an alienware system that I can expand later...or a cheaper vaio like the RX450 refurb for the wife to hold us until DVDRW gets faster and cheaper...or maybe the RX550 for $950... The $1200 for the RX500A w/ DVDRW is a good option, but not sure if I'm willing to fork out a few hundred dollars more for technology this new... Any other thoughts are welcomed ? ? ? Chris
Gil	Re: what do I need...new purchase in the next few months...	#8	[-]
Posts: 1583 (December 20, 2001 3:14 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I remember when CD-R first came out and how slow it was, but within a couple of years they really got rollin. I think it will be the same with DVD-R. A friend of mine has a RX580 it will do a good job but it takes a long time to burn an adverage size video at 2X. I don't know why you could not add a DVD burner to a Sony computer later, most of us added CD-R CD-RW to are older Sony's. Gil

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