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HDMI Client Monitor
Hi,
I am running Media Composer software only to do some work at home on a dual G5. I would like my client to be able to watch on a 32″ plasma that I have rather than over my shoulder on my cinema display. I do not plan on doing any color grading so the Matrox MXO seems like an expensive option for just a monitoring solution. I am also soon getting a second cinema display. My question is can I run the two cinema displays on one output using Matrox’s “Dual Head to Go” and then use my 2nd dvi output to run a cable to the hdmi input of my Plasma. I would then use Avid full screen playback to play out on the plasma which I should be able to select as a screen.
Is this possible for good “non color grading” viewing quality or will it look like crapola. Will it even work? Any insight or help would be appreciated. Also Is the Black Magic HDlink an option? the price seems much more favorable compared to the MXO, but I don’t think it is compatible with Avid.
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It is my experience that in avid you cant drag windows outside the program, it is not a desktop mode type program, it can be made bigger or smaller. I have dual displays and a hdmi running to my 42 lcd. I can make a window for full screen preview in programs made by premier because the windows can be taken outside the program. When I attempt to run my big television, even having it activated wont allow the avid to load the interface. I think you need to have the mojo sdi in order to run it at full screen preview.
I believe this is an attempt by avid to get people to purchase their hardware. Remember this company use to make millions off their hardware. I realize that your computer and mine may run way faster than mojo ever would. considering I am running 4 CPU, direct x 10 and 1666mhz ram x8 gigs. I dont think mojo would matter. I edit 15k resolution images and maps in photoshop and layer them onto objects in after fx all the time. I dont think mojo would help. I hope they fix this someday.
I am running 2 vga monitors mixed with 1 hdmi 42 inch lcd. The LCD is tru 1080P and the monitors are not. Maybe the resolution is screwing things up.
Anyone else have any ideas?
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