[BC] Oh No another automation comparison question

[John Buffaloe]

Not the least expensive system on the market but it works very well, support
is excellent, and they don't do cookie cutter systems.  Every one of their
systems is designed for the installation as you need it.  There's also
nothing proprietary about the hardware so you can get replacement parts off
the shelf.  The system itself is pretty intuitive and very flexible.  I had
a three station system with five production machines in San Diego and was
very pleased with it after the initial bugs were worked out.  If you have a
specific programming issue, they'll write software for you personally to
solve whatever problem you might have.  They're good people and very proud
of their product, as well they should be.

Now will someone please call me and buy a transmitter?

John A. Buffaloe
Bext Inc
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Check out ENCO.

(John Buffaloe can chime in here.......)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stan Holden" <stanholden at verizon.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 1:54 PM
Subject: [BC] Oh No another automation comparison question


> Hi all,
>
> I have a request from some longtime friends and clients asking about a 
> comparison of automation systems.
>
> They operate BSI's Simian at one of their stations now, but are looking to

> replace their old AXS system and are needing some recommendations on 
> whether they would want to expand it into multiple stations or they are 
> thinking of going the NexGen route.
>
> I'm afraid I am totally out of touch as to the capabilities of todays 
> systems and would like some opinions and recommendations on what is 
> available.  These stations are not absolute cheapskates, but they don't 
> have an unlimited budget to throw dollars away.    If I had to describe a 
> criteria I would ask...if you had a reasonable budget what system would 
> you install.  And what kind of learning curve would there be for this 
> system.  The management has been very stable at this station, but I'm sure

> they have had their share of staff turnover, so how hard is it to teach 
> new operators.
>
> Is that enough to chew on and spit out some thoughts?
>
> Stan Holden
>
> We are in the market to purchase an automation system so that both our 
> stations will be uniform.  We have looked at 2 automation systems - Simian

> (BSI) which we have now on WDLW and NexGen (Prophet) which we haven't used

> in the past, but a couple of our employees have used at other stations. 
> The Simian system has 5 separate computers 2 On-Air computers, 2 
> production computers and a news computer.  The NexGen system uses a 
> central server.  Can you give me your thoughts on these two systems, or 
> you may even know of a system that is not expensive, but would work and is

> reliable.
>
> Stan Holden
> stan at broadcast.net
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