Edit controls are via a trackball. A keyboard is convenient for titling, but not needed for cutting. You can output to a high quality monitor, but any TV with RCA inputs will work just fine. Directors can begin cutting their films while still on location. Just plug it into a hotel room TV and go.
Price is very affordable.
Basic systems start at four grand, and a deluxe system is under eight thousand. If you lease it, you can own a system for a couple hundred per month. Equipment Emporium sells and rents the Cassies. We can sell these units to anywhere in the United States and are not limited to our local territory. Next spring Draco will be offering a professional broadcast level system known as the Kron.