Jannard
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Drives are cheaper... Flash is better.
If you ask any questions about shock ratings, weather resistance or security, skip right to Flash and do not use Drives. If you are CAREFUL and on a budget, Drives can serve you well.
FLASH- we wanted to give our customers as many options as possible with regards to Flash. There are three types of Flash types for on-board recording. We will sell a RED branded version of each, but our system is open to third party vendors as long as they sell products that meet our specs. We will always try to be priced to compete.
CF (Compact Flash). With the sppeds and capacity increasing dramatically before our eyes, we see CF as an alternative in the near future so we are providing for it now. You will HAVE to carefully select CF that meets speed specs (we'll help you out) and select a "standard" quality setting to record 4k REDCODE RAW. But it will be possible by Summer or early Fall.
Express Card- same story as above, different format
SATA 1.8" drives. We had hoped that these would be ready by NAB, but they are delayed a few months. Nevertheless, we see this as the best alternative in the future so we are preparing for this formats eminent arrival.
64GB RED RAM- this is two 2.5" Flash drives housed in an off camera SATA housing, very similar to the RED DRIVE case. This is what we believe most Professionals will use because of the security and speed of the unit.
Hope this helps.
Jim
If you ask any questions about shock ratings, weather resistance or security, skip right to Flash and do not use Drives. If you are CAREFUL and on a budget, Drives can serve you well.
FLASH- we wanted to give our customers as many options as possible with regards to Flash. There are three types of Flash types for on-board recording. We will sell a RED branded version of each, but our system is open to third party vendors as long as they sell products that meet our specs. We will always try to be priced to compete.
CF (Compact Flash). With the sppeds and capacity increasing dramatically before our eyes, we see CF as an alternative in the near future so we are providing for it now. You will HAVE to carefully select CF that meets speed specs (we'll help you out) and select a "standard" quality setting to record 4k REDCODE RAW. But it will be possible by Summer or early Fall.
Express Card- same story as above, different format
SATA 1.8" drives. We had hoped that these would be ready by NAB, but they are delayed a few months. Nevertheless, we see this as the best alternative in the future so we are preparing for this formats eminent arrival.
64GB RED RAM- this is two 2.5" Flash drives housed in an off camera SATA housing, very similar to the RED DRIVE case. This is what we believe most Professionals will use because of the security and speed of the unit.
Hope this helps.
Jim