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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: stock bull who wrote (48295)	2/19/1998 11:32:00 PM
From: Rocky Reid	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58324

>>Do you think Buzz will have a place in the professional recording world?<< I think it is safe to say that Buz will have absolutely NO place in the professional world. There are several reasons why. For one thing, it is not professional quality to the MPEG2 standard. If you want to print to DSS quality, you must go with a professional machines like the Avid, Immix Videocube, Media 100-- all dedicated machines costing several thousands of dollars. It's I/O is RCA type-- hardly the professional interface. All I/O are analog. No provisions for digital transfer of either video or audio. Legendarily Horrible Customer Support from Iomega would be a big no-no in the world of professional post-production. And, most importantly, there is no SMPTE timecode or sync. No batch digitize, no RT-422 machine control, no compliance with the Avid standard, no EDL print out, no Sony or Grass Valley on-line board compatibility, poor if any color correction, and on and on and on... I have not seen the editing software, but I would hazard it is safe to say that it is not nearly as flexible or stable as any of the above machines either. Buz is meant for purely amateur home movie type stuff. And it should do well in the crowded and limited field of home video buffs.

To: stock bull who wrote (48295)	2/20/1998 12:15:00 AM
From: Philip J. Davis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

Stock Bull, >>Philip, sounds like you had a great experience with a great product. Do you think Buzz will have a place in the professional recording world? How about schools and the educational field in general? Do you see a tie into the sale of Clik!<< I don't think that Buz will have much of a place in the professional recording world. I do think, however, that Buz might have a place in small business for those companies and individuals that desire to produce simple, inexpensive video projects. Schools and education field? Absolutely. Tie in with Clik! No, but only because the file sizes of even basic quality video clips are relatively large. As Rocky pointed out, that Iomega probably isn't making very much on each Buz sold. KE said in a CC that Buz was not a strategic product. Its sole purpose is to increase storage demand, and thus tie ratios. Philip