evertveldhuis wrote:
> --- In Walter Knapp <> wrot=
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>>At that price it's 6, count them, 6 HHb Portadiscs you could have.
>>Almost enough for one for each day of the week.
>>
>>Actually, ORB brought out their disks for general use. But they
>>have died most everywhere except the Nagra. They were cheap back
>>then.
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> Walt,
>
> Usually that means that ORB could stop producing these disks; not
> enough people wanting the disks will mean not enough profit thus the
> production will stop.
And there is just such speculation about the Nagra V. What happens if
ORB quits? My guess is that considering how big ORB expected to be that
they have a fair stockpile of both drives and disks to get rid of and
may have already stopped production. I don't see them on store shelves
anymore.
>>I remember somewhere that Nagra was developing a hard disk for the
>>machine. Maybe that's the 40 gig mentioned? I wonder how much that
>>accessory costs.
>>
>>Walt
>>
>
>
> Why buy 6?
> Buy 2 or 3 ; 1 to use and the others are spare's in case something
> happens like falling into the mud...
> I would also buy 2 SoundDevices MP2's.
>
> *If* only I won the lottery :)
Actually I was not really suggesting buying multiples, just putting the
differential into perspective.
I'm not very hard on equipment. For now, my old MZ-R30's are backups for
the Portadisc. And, of course I've never needed them for that.
I've got this list of things to get when I win the lottery. Once in a
while I buy a ticket just so I can dream.
> I think the Nagra is for the pro-user, not for 'common folks'.
>
> Regards, Evert - who's gonna dream tonight of the Nagra V
> (Niagra V -> Viagra N? )
Yes, it has many features that are unnecessary. Like timecode. They have
always been nice machines, but I'm not much closer to getting one than
when they were reel to reel tape. Even for a pro user they are kind of a
luxury item. Or maybe snob value. TV or movie production, where that
timecode has meaning, are it's intended market.
Walt
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