[Tig] The tapeless post prod environnement

[Michel Lapointe]

I am curious at finding where we are now regarding the concept of a tapeless 
path from telecine/production  to end output.

 Has any house installed an all data environnement where sound, picture 
timing , offline and F/x are all done by accessing a main file server ?
With no final masters but a "virtual" master from which you can pull any 
english, french, international, PAL, NTSC, long short version and this new 
file is just shipped over to the client ?

Is there a will to get rid of all videotapes one day ?  and if there is, how 
far are we from that day ?

I was discussing this with coworkers and any subject (tape handling vs file 
handling, security, versions, storing...)  seemed to raise more questions 
than answers...

just curious as to what is the state of the matter now, and where are we 
heading.
I am 46 now :  will I  retire before seing this glorious day ?

Michel Lapointe
Montreal