What Thunderbolt's 10Gb/s - & $600 - buys

[Bob Coxner]

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/storage/what-thunderbolts-10gbs-600-buys/1395

Everyone has been clamoring for TB devices. Here are a couple. The price differential vs USB 3.0 is not a good sign. The future may not be so bright that you need sunglasses.

 

[adrian1480]

Dumb thread. You're comparing products with completely different feature sets. The Thunderbolt version costs more because it's doing several things the USB3 version does not do.

• 2x the SDI video I/O + analog video I/O
• HDMI I/O
• 2x the digital audio channels
• Full 1080p60 video vs 1080i60
• Full 4:4:4 video sampling
• 3Gb/s HD & 2k SDI video rate support
• 3D Processing dual stream & frame packed capture & playback.
  

When we have equivalent products (features) to compare, we can discuss any price differences an the value of Thunderbolt as a superior technology. Any such discussion would also have to be in the context of the future as well.

 

[DustinT]

Ya, thats an impressive article. They have distilled the essence of Mac vs. Pc in a short space. Like the man said 'you get what you pay for'.

 

[mac jones]

That's great!

I wouldn't feel like I had an Apple product unless I spend a fortune.

It's part of the wonderful Apple experience.

 

[seetheforest]

I was really hoping that Thunderbolt would be consumer targeted. Maybe it was ignorant but I was hoping to daisy-chain everything together someday and even use Thunderbolt thumb drives. Shame that it only targets the highest end users of the computing world.

 

[Macsavvytech]

Dumb thread. You're comparing products with completely different feature sets. The Thunderbolt version costs more because it's doing several things the USB3 version does not do.

• 2x the SDI video I/O + analog video I/O
• HDMI I/O
• 2x the digital audio channels
• Full 1080p60 video vs 1080i60
• Full 4:4:4 video sampling
• 3Gb/s HD & 2k SDI video rate support
• 3D Processing dual stream & frame packed capture & playback.
  

When we have equivalent products (features) to compare, we can discuss any price differences an the value of Thunderbolt as a superior technology. Any such discussion would also have to be in the context of the future as well.

The only post that makes sense.

 

[getz76]

The "Pro" in MacBook Pro hints at something.