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What’s the deal with HDMI?
I don’t really see a lot of cameras or decks in use with this technology here in U-S-of-A, but BMD has recently been putting out HDMI products left and right.
What am I missing?
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All NEW HDV cameras and decks, and NEW HD monitors have HDMI. Blackmagic wants to be at the head of the pack for this technology. Just remember – anything that is established is outdated technology, and something new is just around the corner. Just as HD stabilizes (1080i and 720p), 2k and 4K products will start popping up all over the place. You will face this for the rest of your career. New technology, new products, new connectors, new storage, new operating systems, complete incompatiblity with your old perfectly working equipment.
Get used to it. HDMI is the new “consumer” HD standard – even though most people haven’t even heard of it.
“They” could have simply stuck HD-SDI jacks on every HD product – BUT NOOOOOOO ! that would have been way to easy !Bob Zelin
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The advantage for me is that I can buy a camera and a capture card for about over $1300 and shoot 720p and 1080i uncompressed in the studio. I need at least 720p uncompressed DTD so this fits the bill for multiple cams (one cam per PC, 4 PCs). When the PCs are not capturing video they are being used for other tasks. An SDI solution would be much more costly. Please correct me if I am off target here…
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Here is where you are off target (and you are correct in your observations) –
Mr. Roberts observes cameras that have been around for a while (like the last 2-3 years), and can’t understand what’s all this HDMI about ? Mr. Roberts, like most of the world, can’t deal with the reality that everything you own is outdated constantly. Every TV station in the U-S of A wants a Beta tape delivery, but Sony has discontinued Beta VTR’s, and we are all realizing that Beta is a dead format – but there are MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE that want to build NEW systems specifically for mastering in Beta. These people are asleep (typical response is “what are you talking about – every station is asking for a Beta”).Bob Zelin
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Yes Bob, This is all true. I have been running a contract graphics production and IT biz for over 15 years and I have taken some very hard hits on equipment that became “obsolete” by industry standards before I had even recovered my cost on it. I get a sick feeling when I buy new equipment. The only reason I am buying equipment now is for some independent studio video production and to work with a movie industry heavy that wants to do a feature length HD indie video. As disks are getting cheaper I am recommending to him direct to disk recording (raid 1 for backup) rather than tape. HDMI is for behind the scenes 720p 30 and the primary shoot is 1080p 24 with industrial cameras that do not have HDMI or tape transport mechanisms. For the virtual set work we need the lightest wieght, highest detail and lowest cost we can get. So far the system that I am testing is working well (Except that we are STILL waiting on an HDMI capture card) so I can’t comment on that. When his project is done it will be transfered to film. Also, for this application, the production gear can not be rented.
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