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Kron vs. PC setup - specs for pc are in post

 

 


X-Paul_Tyler
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Mar 1, 2001, 12:46 PM

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Okay, here's a setup that looks killer to me:
1 MATROX DIGISUITE LX NTSC KIT/REG 3,699.95

1 PROF. PENTIUM-III 1GHZ BASE SYSTEM/REG 1,899.99

CONSISTS OF:

1 AMS 300 WATT ATX FULLTOWER CASE/REG
1 INTEL PENTIUM III 1GHZ PROCESSOR/REG
1 GB ASUS CUSL2 MOTHERBOARD (SINGLE PROC)/REG

1 MATROX MILLENIUM G450 16MB DISPLAY PC/REG
2 GB 128MB 10ns 168-PIN (DIMM) S-DRAM/REG

1 MICROSOFT WINDOWS NT 4.0 32-bit O.S. SOFTWARE/REG

1 TEAC CD-540E 40X INTERNAL EIDE CD-ROM DRIV/REG

1 IBM IDE 7200 RPM HARD DRIVE 45GB (ATA/100)/REG

1 GB 3.5" FLOPPY DISK DRIVE/REG

1 GB FOCUS 2001A COMPUTER KEYBOARD f/PC/REG

1 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT WHEEL MOUSE/REG

1 GB SYMANTEC: NORTON UTILITIES NT/REG

1 CREATIVE-LABS SOUNDBLASTER 16 BASIC SOUND CARD/REG

1 TURNKEY SYSTEM INSTALLATION & CONFIGURATION/REG

1 ADAPTEC ULTRA2 SCSI (LVD) ADAP.f/PC (80/160MB/REG 349.95

1 MEDEA VIDEO RAID "RT" 120.0GB ARRAY/REG 1,999.95

1 MATROX MILLENIUM G450 32MB DUAL DISPLAY PC/REG 129.00

1 MITSUBISHI DIAMOND PLUS 91 19" 1600X1200 MONITOR/REG 549.95

1 ROLAND MA-8 STEREO MICRO MONITOR (PAIR)BLACK/REG 74.95


Amount Sub-Total: 8,703.74
N/A 8,798.94
Shipping: 95.20
* Total: 8,798.94
Now my question is how does a Kron compare to this or a PC based sytem in general?
I use a pc now and I'm able to choose my software, upgrade at will and since I'm familiar with the operating system, do my own maintenence.
Does the Kron allow you to do video overlays? Create still photos from video and insert video filters such as change it to black and white? How about creating masks? What do you do if you want to put letterbox bars on the top and bottom of the screen for effect? How about creating something from a program like PhotoShop and inserting it in your video? These are the advantages of a pc based system.
Now the Kron looks interesting to me but I'm not sure if it has the ability or the versatility of a pc.
Sell me!!
Paul



X-Ron_Marcroft
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Mar 1, 2001, 2:44 PM

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Paul,
Sell yourself on the KRON. When your local dealer has one arrange for a demo. I think you will be impressed with it's capabilities.
See: http://qtss1.draco.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi for info.


: Okay, here's a setup that looks killer to me:
: 1 MATROX DIGISUITE LX NTSC KIT/REG 3,699.95
:
: 1 PROF. PENTIUM-III 1GHZ BASE SYSTEM/REG 1,899.99
:
: CONSISTS OF:
:
: 1 AMS 300 WATT ATX FULLTOWER CASE/REG
: 1 INTEL PENTIUM III 1GHZ PROCESSOR/REG
: 1 GB ASUS CUSL2 MOTHERBOARD (SINGLE PROC)/REG
:
: 1 MATROX MILLENIUM G450 16MB DISPLAY PC/REG
: 2 GB 128MB 10ns 168-PIN (DIMM) S-DRAM/REG
:
: 1 MICROSOFT WINDOWS NT 4.0 32-bit O.S. SOFTWARE/REG
:
: 1 TEAC CD-540E 40X INTERNAL EIDE CD-ROM DRIV/REG
:
: 1 IBM IDE 7200 RPM HARD DRIVE 45GB (ATA/100)/REG
:
: 1 GB 3.5" FLOPPY DISK DRIVE/REG
:
: 1 GB FOCUS 2001A COMPUTER KEYBOARD f/PC/REG
:
: 1 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT WHEEL MOUSE/REG
:
: 1 GB SYMANTEC: NORTON UTILITIES NT/REG
:
: 1 CREATIVE-LABS SOUNDBLASTER 16 BASIC SOUND CARD/REG
:
: 1 TURNKEY SYSTEM INSTALLATION & CONFIGURATION/REG
:
: 1 ADAPTEC ULTRA2 SCSI (LVD) ADAP.f/PC (80/160MB/REG 349.95
:
: 1 MEDEA VIDEO RAID "RT" 120.0GB ARRAY/REG 1,999.95
:
: 1 MATROX MILLENIUM G450 32MB DUAL DISPLAY PC/REG 129.00
:
: 1 MITSUBISHI DIAMOND PLUS 91 19" 1600X1200 MONITOR/REG 549.95
:
: 1 ROLAND MA-8 STEREO MICRO MONITOR (PAIR)BLACK/REG 74.95
:
:
: Amount Sub-Total: 8,703.74
: N/A 8,798.94
: Shipping: 95.20
: * Total: 8,798.94
: Now my question is how does a Kron compare to this or a PC based sytem in general?
: I use a pc now and I'm able to choose my software, upgrade at will and since I'm familiar with the operating system, do my own maintenence.
: Does the Kron allow you to do video overlays? Create still photos from video and insert video filters such as change it to black and white? How about creating masks? What do you do if you want to put letterbox bars on the top and bottom of the screen for effect? How about creating something from a program like PhotoShop and inserting it in your video? These are the advantages of a pc based system.
: Now the Kron looks interesting to me but I'm not sure if it has the ability or the versatility of a pc.
: Sell me!!
: Paul
:


X-Joe_from_Australia_of_GVP_productions
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May 27, 2001, 8:02 AM

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Hi Paul Joe here from Australia I have the Kron and I'm very dissappointed that everything I was told it would do it does not and also there is no help on board or nothing telling the user how to do it very upset and you can't create stills and print them out titling is a headache it crashes all the time after creating titles or you can't bring in anything from photoshop the system sucks I think I can edit faster with my old system than the Kron anyway you are right about what you say DON"T BUY IT you willbe sorry
regards Joe