<html><body><div>We bought the Kahuna in 2007 to replace an ailing Ampex AVC. The Kalypso was considered but my concern to the CE was that it was a 10yo design at that point. The Kayanne wasn't yet out.<br><br>I too liked the Sony, but for reasons unknown to me, they wouldn't even consider it.<br><br>Our competition went from Ross Synergy to Vision. Not a bad switcher, but we see more lipsync issues on their news. I've heard it may be due to conversion hardware.<br><br>The need for conversion hardware was a big factor in choosing the Snell. We wouldn't have to buy as much.<br><br>Still miss my past GVG switchers, 300, 200 and 1000. I really, really miss my K-Scope.<br><br>Scott Thomas<br></div><div><br>On Jul 08, 2012, at 11:36 PM, Tim Stoffel <tim@lionlamb.us> wrote:<br><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="msg-quote"><div class="_stretch">On Sun, 2012-07-08 at 08:39 -0700, C. Park Seward wrote:<br> > GVG flew me to Reno where my salesman and I took the company jet to<br> > the Valley. Nice way to travel.<br> > <br> > <br> > I was in the market for a switcher and went to see the 4000. I ended<br> > up buying a BTS since the 4k wasn't quite ready. During the demo at<br> > GVG, the switcher would change crosspoints on its own and the chroma<br> > keyer wasn't good enough. Other parts of the switcher didn't work yet.<br> > <br> <br> The chroma keyer is still 'behind the times', compared to other<br> manufacturers. That is why we went with a Snell Kahuna. Still, everyone<br> (except me) liked the reputation of Grass Valley so much that it came in<br> second, even though the offering by Sony was superior (to the GV) in<br> almost every way.<br> <br> Tim Stoffel<br> <br> <br> <br> Please trim posts to relevant info when replying.<br> <br> Change subject to reflect thread direction. Thanks.<br> _______________________________________________<br> <br> Send QuadList list posts to <a href="mailto:QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com" data-mce-href="mailto:QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com">QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com</a><br> Your subscribe, unsubscribe and digest options are here:<br> <a href="http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com" data-mce-href="http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com">http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com</a><br></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>