Luke! Don't panic!
It's *not* the end of Thunderbean! IT'LL TAKE MORE than BAD LOGIC BOARDS or an old PC to BRING the MIGHTY BEAN DOWN!
The Telecine has been in jeopardy for a while there, honestly. We're about the only company that uses the system on a regular basis, so it's not in the best interest of Ringside Creative to maintain the machine if something major happens. My Telecine guy there works full-time elsewhere, and runs his services as Motion Picture Transfer. There is another Telecine in town- but I find the situation there not as suitable for my needs (and honestly, Pat allows me to do things in a few hours that would take *many* hours elsewhere... and that's the only way I've been able to do the special sets in any affordable way). Doing all this stuff is a stresser and keeps me busier than I'd like to be, but I've seen that if I'm going to do this kind of stuff it would need to be now rather than later.... sometimes you just knwo when the time is right. The 'unofficial' special sets are ending (with Scrappy and Warners set being the last) and that's to make time for the other projects that have been stacked in close order. I super appreciate the community and all the help everyone has lent in supporting these sets- the small community really does makes these things happen- I can't stress that enough. I do feel bad I haven't been able to keep up perfectly with all the special orders and am prone to sending things late, but I'm hoping the better organization (and being done with fixing up a house to rent out) will make things easier.
And, who knows- maybe someday we'll have a lasergraphics scanner ourselves to do 4k in house.