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As soon as you add "Timecode" to a unit, the price has to go way up.
Remember, when you add timecode chasing or recording, you need alot more real time processing power. It's alot more math happening in real time with the possibility of compromising your audio due to the timecode being a master (unless youre just recording it on a track).
If your incoming timecode is say 30 frames per second and it varies a small amount, your sample rate clock has to vary to compensate for the time change and to stay in sync, unless all devices are locked to a master clocking device (more $$$). Having a external DSD master clocking system that reads standard timecodes is not going to be a $1100 unit, not when your'e running at 5.6MHz.
I know that locking to timecode is a necessity for tons of people and there is no other options, but there probably won't be a cheap way to do it right without having to make some compromises or spending money on a Genex unit.
Last i heard, HD DVD's or Blue-Ray might top out at 96k PCM anyways (consumer releases). But at least there will be space if anyone wants to author a DSD Blue-Ray video...........if you have an editor to do it all on.....
Syncing audio to a video timecode has never been a great audio decision to make.
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