[MacDV] Miranda DV-Bridge(and Plus) anyone?

[Shane Walker]

So our company (a large post-production facility) bought a Miranda DV-Bridge
SDI video to DV converter box. Seemed the ideal cost effective solution for
doing tape room reslating as well as capturing spots from Digibeta and doing
Quicktimes on the fly.

Well, it's been a shaky experience. The unstable i/o firewire calls in OS
9.2 meant several reboots a day with this device...but, by and large, it did
the job.

So we decide to migrate to OS 10.2/Jaguar and current apps (Photoshop 7 and
Final Cut 3) to maximize our networking w/ SGI and PCs as well as the
dual-G4 hardware that comprises the workstation. Bad move, apparently.
Miranda now sells the "DV Bridge +", a tweaked-out I/O box...and has all but
flatly refused any support for our barely 18 month old $2K converter on
modern OS/apps. We've asked about an upgrade strategy...their glib answer,
"Take your DV-Bridge, toss in in the trash, buy the DV-Bridge+."

This is pro-level equipment paired with basement hack level support
folks...they obviously hold their existing customers in NO esteem. Has
anyone else had experience with the DV-Bridge...and have you gotten the same
pathetic support on the product? Just curious. All we know is, when we have
$2K to 'upgrade' it sure as hell won't be a Miranda product. You folks know
where to get a good deal on a Kona SD?

--Shane