Topic: SD 702 vs everything else...

[it-goes-to-eleven]

Guessing the drives in the 7xx decks are hard-disk and not solid-state?  With no moving parts, putting in an SSD would increase reliability and lower the chance of a crash. 

Go right ahead.  But SSD drives are less reliable in all but unusual vibration/impact situations.

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Guessing the drives in the 7xx decks are hard-disk and not solid-state?  With no moving parts, putting in an SSD would increase reliability and lower the chance of a crash. 

Go right ahead.  But SSD drives are less reliable in all but unusual vibration/impact situations.

correct, plus, the SSDs have been shown to pull more power to operate versus a slow rotation drive. I thought about doing just this when I changed the drive this year and decided to keep a traditional hdd.

[moooose]

That is not true; the 702 will record to an external FW HD without an external power supply.  First, this is what Sound Devices says on the subject:

"FireWire Bus Powering
The six-pin FireWire port on the 702 provides power for bus-powered FireWire drives. The following conditions should be observed when connecting to bus-powered drives.
•  Bus powering a drive requires external DC powering of the 702. The 702 cannot operate buspowered drives from an attached Li-ion battery.
SNIP
I realize SD says "the 702 cannot operate buspowered drives from an attached Li-ion battery," but it works. 

That's surprising. I tried it and it didn't work.