SATA vs Ultra drives for importing from 8mm film machine

Hello,
The guys over at the g5 discussions sent me here.
I plan to buy a machine which transfers 8mm movie film directly to the computer.
It uses a rapid stop motion single frame capture.
You can view it at: http://moviestuff.tv/wp_xp.html
The vendor told me that I need to get 2 identical drives but they cannot be SATA because since those run at a pulse mode which is good for streaming but not for this type of transfer. He said the difference is in whether you capture a frame stationary or while it is in motion. He claims that using SATA will result in some of the frames captured to be blurred, and added that this would not happen with the Ultra.
He recommends also using a RAID0 configeration with CaptureMate.
This is all new to me. The guys at the G5 discussion feel the vendor has got it all wrong. They said I should be able to run it with the SATA drives already in the G5 and no need to RAID them.
I would appreciate any help you can give. Didn't know if anyone here ever had any experience with this type of machine.
Thanks.
Mike

Hi, Mike!
All I can say is that the guy who makes these things from scratch is as good as they come and probably has a good reason for his advice to you. I've researched these devices in the past and I think you've made a good choice for both performance and price, from all that I've read. Now and again, the subject of 8mm film transfer pops up here at the Discussions, and this vendor's products have always come highly recommended. Nothing technical about SATA versus ATA input/output, just my two cents worth of advice on what to do using the equipment he has designed and built...
Gary

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