DataVideo TBC-1000 vs TBC-4000

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Hi admin,

I hope you don't mind me sending you a PM, but over the weekend I found a couple of used TBC's and was hoping to get your advice or opinion.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...SIN=B00009XV2R

http://cgi.ebay.ca/DATAVIDEO-TBC-400...item5d2838879c

Thank you in advance.

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That TBC-4000 would be great. It's a nice unit, essentially a TBC-1000 with an added proc amp (processor/amplifier, to tweak and adjust colors/gamma/luma/IRE).

More and more folks area aware of the TBC-1000, but few seem to know about the somewhat more obscure TBC-100, TBC-4000 and TBC-7000 units. All of them work great, for the basic TBC functionality. Even the TBC-1000 was just a TBC-100 with an integrated distribution amp for 4 outputs, in a self-powering chassis. The TBC-100 is a PCI slotted card, drawing power from a computer -- often because digital editors used them in desktop workstations that included computer+video gear.