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<blockquote data-quote="D200freak" data-source="post: 521072" data-attributes="member: 41018">I ended up getting almost exactly the rig shown above. Not different in any significant way.&nbsp; &nbsp; It works well.&nbsp; I have found out for myself that while any given random 2.5&quot; SATA hard drive MIGHT work with the Ninja 2.&nbsp; you really need to make at least a 20 minute test video to be sure.&nbsp;&nbsp; If there are no clip terminations or skipped frames or glitches in a 20 minute video,&nbsp; then that drive is likely to be trustworthy.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Atomos has drive recommendations on their site and they're a good place to start. You will really WANT USB 3.0 on your computer for reasonable transfer times from the dock.&nbsp; If you don't have USB 3.0 in your computer,&nbsp; and it's a desktop,&nbsp; you should get a USB 3.0 adapter card.&nbsp;&nbsp; One that plugs right into the motherboard via an available PCI-E slot.&nbsp; &nbsp; I wish I'd gotten the Ninja Blade with its higher resolution and calibratable display, but the Ninja 2 is still pretty nice.&nbsp;&nbsp; But dark details get lost on its display,&nbsp; going black too fast,&nbsp; and its lower resolution makes it difficult to judge focus.&nbsp;&nbsp; You just have to learn that black levels look better on the recording than they do on the unit's own display.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="D200freak, post: 521072, member: 41018"] I ended up getting almost exactly the rig shown above. Not different in any significant way. It works well. I have found out for myself that while any given random 2.5" SATA hard drive MIGHT work with the Ninja 2. you really need to make at least a 20 minute test video to be sure. If there are no clip terminations or skipped frames or glitches in a 20 minute video, then that drive is likely to be trustworthy. Atomos has drive recommendations on their site and they're a good place to start. You will really WANT USB 3.0 on your computer for reasonable transfer times from the dock. If you don't have USB 3.0 in your computer, and it's a desktop, you should get a USB 3.0 adapter card. One that plugs right into the motherboard via an available PCI-E slot. I wish I'd gotten the Ninja Blade with its higher resolution and calibratable display, but the Ninja 2 is still pretty nice. But dark details get lost on its display, going black too fast, and its lower resolution makes it difficult to judge focus. You just have to learn that black levels look better on the recording than they do on the unit's own display. [/QUOTE]

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