Planet Video Systems announce revolution in cost of editing HD

Planet Video Systems announces Revolution in cost of HD Video Editing thanks to ultrafast new HD1080 Video storage technology.
At Broadcast Live Planet Video Systems, a division of the UK's number one Apple Solution Expert and specialist Broadcast Video and Pro-Audio IT Technology Dealer (Planet Audio Group), will debut the world's first sub-£3500 HD1080 certified complete High Definition Video Editing solution.
The system will comprise an Apple Dual-Core G5 Powermac, 20" DVI Formac Display, Final Cut Studio 5.1 Software (inc Motion Graphics, DVD Studio Pro and Soundtrack Pro), BlackMagic Decklink HD Extreme 1080 PCIe capture card, and a revolutionary 1.25Terabyte HD1080 Certified RAID based on a new Silicon Image 3276 port multiplier eSATA Hard Drive array - all at a special introductory price of £3500. Up to 4 RAID bays can be connected to a single PCIe controller card, each hotswap RAID bay can hold up to 8 x SATA300 drives, with a total RAID capacity of up to 15 Terabytes (40 hours of Cinematic 2k 1080 HD). The RAID bays are connected with a robust single eSATA cable to the PCIe RAID Controller in the computer and are initially available in a 4, 5 or 8 drive configuration (up to 6TB per 8 drive bay).
The 8 bay RAID was tested recently and has a data read/write speed of over 490MB/s. (More than 4 simultaneous streams of 1080 HD). Each raid controller card handles up to 20 drives (up to 1225MB/s) giving 'better than best' 10Gbs fibre channel RAID performance at a fraction of the cost. This new RAID Technology is suitable for all forms of Video production (from DV to HD1080) as well as HD Multi Channel Audio production, CGI Animation and Hi Res Graphics.
As a Broadcast Live show special, Planet Video are offering the Edit Suite Bundle with interest free credit for up to two years, and will build bespoke configurations of the system to order.
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