How is the SI-2K MINI significantly different than products currently on the market?
Currently the HD cameras available on the market, in our price range, are limited to highly compressed 8-bit codecs with visual compression artifacts, must have relatively expensive editing VTR’s to read their tapes, and in the case of HDV, record compressed 16-bit audio. Other cameras that bypass the tape route and record direct-to-disk either use very expensive drive cartridges or solid state media that do not compete with our direct-to-disk approach that utilizes any modern 2.5 off-the-shelf Serial ATA drive. We at Silicon Imaging feel that these current compromises by other camera manufactures with their 8-bit DCT codecs can’t meet the requirements and flexibility of high-end film-making in the same manner that the 10-bit CineForm RAW™ format can. I’ve noticed the SI-2K MINI is a single-sensor design. Does this mean that it’s using a Bayer mosaic to generate color? If so, does that mean that there’s significant resolution loss over 3-Chip prism designs? There are a number of advant
