10-bit uncompressed HD eSATA for Mac
updated 09:50 am EDT, Fri September 1, 2006
10bit HD eSATA for Mac
CalDigit has released the S2VR high speed SATA 3Gb/s interface which makes it possible to support over 230MB/s 10 bit HD capture and playback. The new external RAID solution has five hard drive trays and is able to run in three different modes; performance, protected, or JBOD. In performance mode, the S2VR HD utilizes five SATA drives for maximum performance to serve 10-bit uncompressed HD formats as well as 8-bit uncompressed HD, 10-bit uncompressed SD, 8-bit uncompressed SD, DVCPRO HD, HDV, and DV realtime video playback. The CalDigit S2VR costs $2000 and requires no additional items. Included in this package is a PCIe or PCI-x HBA (FASTA-4e or FASTA-4x) card and eSATA cable; CalDigit offers single vendor support for all the products, eliminating incompatibility concerns. The S2VR HD is compatible with Windows and the latest Mac OS X G5 computers; it available for $2000. [images, charts included]
