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In article <30B14C1B.5E3B@ix.netcom.com> Warren Harris <wharris@ix.netcom.com> writes:

  Leonard N. Zubkoff wrote:

  > Not quite.  Micropolis is the only manufacturer that has both AV and non-AV
  > models of the same drive, or sees a need to.
  > 
  > Most high capacity disk drives these days either use an embedded servo
  > technology to avoid thermal recalibration altogether, or have smart
  > algorithms which only recalibrate one head at a time and abort the tcal
  > operation if an I/O request comes in.  With multimedia and digital audio
  > and video some of the most important uses of high capacity hard drives, the
  > manufacturers would be crazy not to have AV compatible drives.
  > 
  >                 Leonard

  Correct.
  And given the fact that NewMedia rated the Conner 2107s (2gig) and 4207s
  (4 gig) drives as being the top performers for video in their issue
  around 2 months ago, what does that do to the exclusively_micropolis
  theory?  I've been using the 4207s for around 9 months (serial #s 001 and
  002) and get reliable sustained throughput in excess of 6 megs/sec. with
  16bit 44.1KHz audio - and no t-cal.

I also picked up a Conner 4207S for my Mac/DigiDesign-based digital audio
work after reading that same article.  That article is apparently still
available at URL:

http://www.macromedia.com/Brain/New.media/Articles/Digitalvideo.html

and is definitely worthwhile reading for anyone looking at high performance
disk drives for audio/video use.

		Leonard