Elmwood Park, NJ (November 13, 1997) – The Edit Suite, in Poland, Ohio, recently upgraded its production facility to digital quality with the purchase of JVC's BR-D85 DIGITAL-S editing recorder with pre-read.

The facility, which specializes in corporate and special interest video and some commercial production, previously used one-inch tape.

"The first time I used DIGITAL-S, I immediately saw a visible improvement in the quality of the edited video," said owner Rich Melvin. "And, character-generated graphics are much cleaner on DIGITAL-S."

Melvin and his staff use the pre-read function often to edit two scenes on the same field tape. "It's a very handy feature because it's so easy to do dissolves without using B-roll. In fact, aside from the overall outstanding performance of DIGITAL-S, it was specifically the pre-read function that made me realize I needed this format," he said.

Melvin considered other digital videotape formats but none had all the features of DIGITAL-S at such an affordable price. He also considered non-linear editing systems, but said he saw more benefit to editing with DIGITAL-S since most of his work is long form, between 40 minutes to one hour. "I like editing on tape, and editing programs of that length on non-linear would be more time consuming," Melvin said.

"So far, I have been very pleased with the format," Melvin noted. "We're producing our highest quality work ever thanks to DIGITAL-S."

JVC PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS COMPANY, based in Elmwood Park, New Jersey, distributes a complete line of broadcast and professional equipment. For more information about DIGITAL-S, contact David Walton at 1-800-JVC-5825 or visit JVC's web site at
www.jvcpro.com.