SD 744T Final Check

Alan Chong

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Oct 13, 2004, 5:20:50 AM10/13/04

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Hi All,

Is the 744T in the shop yet, or do we have to wait for a week or two?
Preparing my gear for a feature next month and wanna take the 744T for
a ride.

Alan Chong

Kurt Albershardt

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Oct 13, 2004, 1:08:19 PM10/13/04

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Courtney Goodin wrote:
> "Alan Chong" <alac...@singnet.com.sg> wrote in message
> news:1aad8bb4.04101...@posting.google.com...

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>
>> Is the 744T in the shop yet, or do we have to wait for a week or two?
>> Preparing my gear for a feature next month and wanna take the 744T for
>> a ride.
>
>

> Good question Alan, I hope someone from Sound Devices will give us the
> straight story instead of the standard, "Release is imminent" or "They
> should be out in 2 to 3 weeks". We have been hearing those lines since NAB
> more than 6 months ago.

I understand the production units are in final assembly now.

Courtney Goodin

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Oct 13, 2004, 2:05:13 PM10/13/04

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>> Good question Alan, I hope someone from Sound Devices will give us the
>> straight story instead of the standard, "Release is imminent" or "They
>> should be out in 2 to 3 weeks". We have been hearing those lines since
>> NAB more than 6 months ago.
>
> I understand the production units are in final assembly now.
>
>

We have heard that before too! But even if the hardware units are
completely assembled, if the firmware is not done the units can't be used.
Unfortunatly these new units are more a product of their software based
features than than their hardware based parts.

Any word on the final version of the firmware being ready with all bells and
whistles working?
Is it already working and beta tested?

DEVA IVs and Vs are shipping now with a "work in progress" version of the
firmware. Several featrues remain non-functional (like the internal DVD),
until the firmware is finished.
---Courtney

Kurt Albershardt

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Oct 13, 2004, 3:44:42 PM10/13/04

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Courtney Goodin wrote:
>
> even if the hardware units are
> completely assembled, if the firmware is not done the units can't be used.
> Unfortunatly these new units are more a product of their software based
> features than than their hardware based parts.
>
> Any word on the final version of the firmware being ready with all bells and
> whistles working?
> Is it already working and beta tested?

Rev 1 firmware is shipping with the units. It will not support 1394 master mode.

Rev 2 firmware will support this and is expected early 2005.

Larry Fisher

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Oct 13, 2004, 12:44:30 PM10/13/04

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On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 16:30:47 GMT, "Courtney Goodin"
<cmgo...@pacbell.net> wrote:

>Good question Alan, I hope someone from Sound Devices will give us the
>straight story instead of the standard, "Release is imminent" or "They
>should be out in 2 to 3 weeks". We have been hearing those lines since NAB
>more than 6 months ago.
>

>---Courtney
>
Thank Goodness they don't make wireless mics, then it would have been
18 months.
Larry F
Lectro

way...@earthlink.net

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Oct 22, 2004, 1:04:43 PM10/22/04

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alac...@singnet.com.sg (Alan Chong) wrote in message news:<1aad8bb4.04101...@posting.google.com>...

I have one on order and have been told "45 days or so"...

I'm realistically not expecting it until Late Dec/Early Jan.

Wayne

dtracks

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Oct 22, 2004, 1:58:23 PM10/22/04

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I think many people is in the same situation as you Alan, It would be nice
if someone at SD could say some official words, We've been waiting for a
week or two for too many weeks now....

Eric

Glen Trew

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Oct 23, 2004, 9:08:43 PM10/23/04

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Unfortunately, there is no crystal ball for knowing how long it will take to
invent something new and complete it to deliverable form. If there was such
a crystal ball, it would probably paraphrase Murphy's law and say, "The new
item in question will take longer than planned and longer than desired".
This has been demonstrated time and time again in the last few years, most
notably by delayed release dates of every portable HD recorder in use (or
soon to be used) today.

The encouraging news is that select dealers, including both locations of
Trew Audio, have had their sample 744T recorders for several weeks now. Our
samples are working well and are available for a test drive.

Glen Trew

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^R-ob€rto

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Oct 24, 2004, 3:34:18 AM10/24/04

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On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 20:08:43 -0500, "Glen Trew"
<notth...@either.com> wrote:

>The encouraging news is that select dealers, including both locations of
>Trew Audio, have had their sample 744T recorders for several weeks now. Our
>samples are working well and are available for a test drive.

I had to wait 5 weeks longer on my Cantar, and that was already much
to long for me, as a mixer.
Nothing encouraging on the fact that i saw a Demo standing at the
dealer.

R

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Glen Trew

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Oct 25, 2004, 9:25:18 PM10/25/04

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"^R-ob?rto" <Gr...@Meeuw.com> wrote in message
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Yep, nothing more discouraging than a half-full glass.

GT

^R-ob€rto

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Oct 26, 2004, 3:14:11 PM10/26/04

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On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 20:25:18 -0500, "Glen Trew"
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>Yep, nothing more discouraging than a half-full glass.

an empty glass in this case.

R

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Dave

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Oct 27, 2004, 11:12:17 PM10/27/04

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"Glen Trew" <notth...@either.com> wrote in message
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Glen,
Is the 4 channel model supposed to ship before the 2 channel?

dave

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Kurt Albershardt

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Oct 28, 2004, 12:55:13 AM10/28/04

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Dave wrote:
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> Is the 4 channel model supposed to ship before the 2 channel?

Yes.