Why Rent Editing Gear Locally for Your Thai Production
When you bring your film or series to Thailand, the country's stunning locations, skilled crews, and generous government incentives make it an easy "yes." But one major area often overlooked by foreign productions is post-production logistics—especially editorial setup.
Shipping your Avid or Premiere systems, Nexis storage, and dailies rigs across continents sounds simple on paper—until you see the bill, the delays, and the downtime. Here's why renting your editing gear locally in Thailand isn't just convenient—it's the smarter, faster, and more cost-efficient choice.
1. Save Tens of Thousands on Shipping and Setup
Sending editorial gear internationally racks up costs fast. Between freight, insurance, customs, tech travel, and per diems, productions can easily spend more shipping gear than they would renting it locally.
Below is a realistic cost comparison for a typical show running multiple editorial systems in Thailand:
💰 Cost Comparison
Typical savings per show when productions rent editorial gear locally instead of importing systems.
* Based on round-trip shipping to Thailand, including inbound freight, setup, breakdown, and return shipment back to home country
| Expense Category | Shipping from Abroad | Jingjai Advantage |
|---|---|---|
| Freight & Insurance | $15,000 – $20,000 | $0 |
| Carnet & Customs | $5,000 – $8,000 | $0 |
| Tech Flights | $3,000 – $5,000 | $0 |
| Tech Hotel & Per Diem | $10,000 – $14,000 | $0 |
| Tech Labor | $14,000 – $20,000 | Included |
| Total Overhead | $65,000 – $92,000 | $0 |
Note: All shipping costs include complete round-trip logistics: freight to Thailand, customs clearance, technician travel for setup and training, breakdown at wrap, repacking, and return freight back to your home country. Rental costs are excluded from this comparison—these figures represent the overhead of international shipping alone.
2. Minimize Downtime, Maximize Uptime
When you rent locally, you're supported by technicians who live in your timezone and understand Thailand's infrastructure.
- ✓ Immediate replacements if a drive or monitor fails.
- ✓ Optimized setups for Thailand's power and cooling environment.
- ✓ 24/7 emergency response for current clients (after-hours reserved for urgent cases).
When post goes down, having a local team on speed dial isn't optional—it's production insurance.
3. Eliminate Transit Damage & Delays
Hard drives and CPU towers don't like long-haul flights or humidity. Local systems are tested, maintained, and preconfigured for Thailand's environment—so you can start editing as soon as they arrive on set or in your hotel suite.
4. Stay Incentive-Compliant
Thailand's Film Incentive Program encourages productions to work with local vendors. Partnering with a BOI-registered post provider like Jingjai ensures you're compliant with rebate requirements and maximizing your eligible local spend.
5. Support the Local Post Ecosystem
Every baht spent locally helps strengthen Thailand's film and post infrastructure—training Thai technicians, editors, and engineers to global standards. It's a win for your project and for the next generation of Thai post professionals.
6. Everything Ready Before You Land
At Jingjai Production Solutions, our systems are preconfigured to your specs—Avid, Adobe, or DaVinci Resolve—and delivered anywhere in Thailand. You can walk into your suite, plug in, and start cutting on day one.
- ✅ Pre-flight tested
- ✅ Secure shared storage (Avid Nexis / RAID)
- ✅ Optional dailies ingest & remote access
- ✅ Delivery anywhere in Thailand
The Bottom Line
Bringing your own editorial gear might seem familiar—but renting locally in Thailand is smarter, faster, and dramatically cheaper.
Stop shipping gear. Start saving money.
Your next production deserves world-class post—without the international headaches.