I watched it over the weekend, and boy is there a lot of controversy on the message boards about this. Can't wait to see what it "really" does and doesn't do! The big controversy is the "rumor" that the Gypsie will erase your cartridges to prevent you from giving them to someone else to use. This statement is from the Scrap Review: We have contacted Provocraft Customer/Technical Support on three different occasions with three different results. Here are the responses.
The question was...Does loading your current cartridges onto the GYPSY cause them to delete the information from the cartridge itself?
Call 1 - Yes. Because of piracy protection and the current technology available we had to make the information a one time transfer. Otherwise the cartridges would just get passed from one Gypsy to the next.
Call 2 - No. It does not erase the information on the cartridge.
Call 3 - No comment. We cannot confirm or deny whether it will erase info from the cartridge itself. ProvoCraft is planning a full reveal at the end of this month and at that time ALL of the information will be available.
Yes, the controversy is running "amuck"...... I've managed to do without SCAL, Design Studio, jukebox, etc., and this may be one more gadget I don't think I need. Can't wait to see the unveil though and the other 7 videos that will be released on the hunt for the "gypsy".
Another statement from Provocraft. Still don't think I would want to rely on this thing never being broken or stolen, though
Here is how it will work. A user will "ingest" the cartridges that they own into their Gypsy device. THIS DOES NOT "WIPE OUT OR CLEAR" their cartridges, however, users cannot share cartridges on multiple Gypsy devices. Once a cart is ingested into a device, it is forever tied to that device. Consumers should keep their cartridges as back up. The MSRP is $299. It will be released in the fall/winter.
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I watched it over the weekend, and boy is there a lot of controversy on the message boards about this. Can't wait to see what it "really" does and doesn't do! The big controversy is the "rumor" that the Gypsie will erase your cartridges to prevent you from giving them to someone else to use. This statement is from the Scrap Review:
We have contacted Provocraft Customer/Technical Support on three different occasions with three different results. Here are the responses.
The question was...Does loading your current cartridges onto the GYPSY cause them to delete the information from the cartridge itself?
Call 1 - Yes. Because of piracy protection and the current technology available we had to make the information a one time transfer. Otherwise the cartridges would just get passed from one Gypsy to the next.
Call 2 - No. It does not erase the information on the cartridge.
Call 3 - No comment. We cannot confirm or deny whether it will erase info from the cartridge itself. ProvoCraft is planning a full reveal at the end of this month and at that time ALL of the information will be available.
Yes, the controversy is running "amuck"...... I've managed to do without SCAL, Design Studio, jukebox, etc., and this may be one more gadget I don't think I need. Can't wait to see the unveil though and the other 7 videos that will be released on the hunt for the "gypsy".
Another statement from Provocraft. Still don't think I would want to rely on this thing never being broken or stolen, though
Here is how it will work. A user will "ingest" the cartridges that they
own into their Gypsy device. THIS DOES NOT "WIPE OUT OR CLEAR" their
cartridges, however, users cannot share cartridges on multiple Gypsy
devices. Once a cart is ingested into a device, it is forever tied to that
device. Consumers should keep their cartridges as back up. The MSRP is
$299. It will be released in the fall/winter.
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