Our Avid Media Composer 4 System 1 for PC, consists of an HP 8730w Mobile Wokstation, Sonnet Fusion F2 - 1TB Portable SATA RAID storage system, a Sonnet Tempo SATA Express/34 adaptor and a copy of Avid's new Media Composer 4 software.

HP 8730w Mobile Wokstation

The HP EliteBook 8730w Mobile Workstation, has an Intel Core2 Duo T9800 2.93GHz 8730w Processor, 17" dispaly, 320GB 7200RPM Drive, DVD RW DL SM FX UB Drive and 4GB of 800 DDR2 RAM installed. It is fitted with an upgraded NVIDIA Quadro FX-2700 512Mb Graphics Card, to enable HD video to be edited.

Full details of the HP 8730w Mobile Wokstation can be found here

Fusion F2 - Portable Storage Solution
The Sonnet Fusion™ F2 portable SATA RAID storage system, provides 1TB of storage in a small enclosure. The Fusion F2 uses eSATA connections to deliver the fastest performance yet from a 2-drive portable storage system, with data transfer rates up to twice as fast as FireWire.

It is Field Video Certified: With its SATA data interface, the Fusion F2 is the perfect storage companion for a portable video capture system that may saturate a notebook's FireWire bus.

Full details of the Sonnet Fusion™ F2 portable SATA RAID storage system can be found here

Sonnet Tempo SATA Express/34
Although the HP EliteBook 8730w Mobile Workstation has an eSATA port, by utilising the Tempo SATA Express/34 adaptor, you will still have a spare port, in case you wish to add further SATA RAID drives. This Sonnet exclusive two-port eSATA adapter delivers the highest available throughput performance from a SATA host controller for notebook computers, upto 40% faster than standard SATA controller cards and is an ideal tool for video capture and editing in the field, studio, or office.

Full details of the Sonnet Tempo SATA Express/34 adaptor can be found here

Avid Media Composer 4
Avid's new Media Composer 4, goes where other editors leave off, giving you the strongest editorial tools, the most dependable media management, and innovative features that let you do the unimaginable, so you can deliver projects on time and on budget. Whether youÕre a producer, director, or editor, in the studio or on the road, Media Composer lets you edit the way you want, wherever you want. And now that it's more affordable than ever, Media Composer is also the best value around.

Media Composer 4 consists of:

* Media Composer - Edit SD and HD video
* EDL Manager - Export timecode metadata
* FilmScribe - Export film metadata
* Interplay Transfer (standalone version) - Transfer media and metadata to Interplay
* Log Exchange - Convert shot logs into ALE files
* MediaLog - Manage logging and metadata
* MetaSync Manager - Create objects for interactive programming

Also included is Avid's Production Suite, which comprises of:

* Avid DVD by Sonic
* Avid FX
* Boris Continuum Complete
* SmartSound Sonicfire Pro
* Sorenson Squeeze

Full details Avid's Media Composer 4 software can be found here