In a traditional video environment, video information is moved as an analog signal from one place to another. This is a real-time operation. Moving that file from one machine to another is totally unrelated to how many seconds it is. Rather, the important number is the speed of the network in copying a file from one location to another. This is twice real-time.
Faster networks provide more of a speed improvement.
Using Pathlight Technology's SSA networking technology, a network may move data at up to 40 MegaBytes per second, which is quick enough to move even uncompressed video at faster than real-time rates. We've just scratched the surface of what will be available at this year's show. In addition to the companies listed here, there are many more turnkey systems manufacturers that we haven't been able to include. There are also solutions for building it yourself. A few years ago, it wasn't practical to try building a non-linear system yourself, but it's very much possible today.