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To: BillyG who wrote (42205)	6/15/1999 11:18:00 PM
From: Peter V	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

yeah, but what about the little hard drives? You know, some of this stuff is amazing to me. I didn't know about the Microdrive before, and it's really impressive just how small that thing is: ssdweb01.storage.ibm.com

To: BillyG who wrote (42205)	6/15/1999 11:47:00 PM
From: j g cordes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

The new IBM drive cannot hold 40 hours of full motion hi res video.. that's absurd. 25 up to 70 megs per min of video is a useful 'range' for various compressed formats that border traditional broadcast quality. So a 37 gig drive would only have a range of approx 24.6 hours for DV to almost 9 hours of useful storage at lower compressions. fedele.com good read on compression and quality. The newer cameras delivering 700 and up to HDTV, which I would consider "hi res video" consume considerably more. Its a terrific drive, but once again, IBM hypes a great product just to sound incredible.