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  Monitoring solution – Decklink SDI PCIe VS Intensity 3D?

  Posted by Reinis Traidas on December 17, 2012 at 8:29 pm

  Hello.

  I’m looking to upgrade my color correction workstation in 2013 assuming that Apple release a Thunderbolt equipped Mac Pro then. Since I assume all of my available PCI slots will be taken with things like Nvidia Quadro 4000 and a Red Rocket card, do you think I could then easily avoid buying an expensive PCI expansion chassis in order to add a Decklink SDI card? I mean, the Intensity 3D Thunderbolt box does the same thing right? I’m looking to use a 10-bit 4:4:4 capable grading monitor with Resolve. I am hoping that the Decklink 4K Extreme 3D does exactly the same thing as Ultrastudio 3D (except the 4K part)…

  Is my thinking correct here?

  Alex Gerulaitis replied 13 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Alex Gerulaitis

  December 18, 2012 at 1:31 am

  [Reinis Traidas] “I am hoping that the Decklink 4K Extreme 3D does exactly the same thing as Ultrastudio 3D (except the 4K part)…”

  For the most part, UltraStudio 3D is Decklink Extreme 3D in a Thunderbolt chassis – so I believe it will work exactly the same.

  The only caveat is no daisy-chaining with BMD Thunderbolt products – although this may not be an issue as hopefully, the upcoming Mac Pro will have two TB ports, following the current trend.

  Alex Gerulaitis
  Systems Engineer
  DV411 – Los Angeles, CA

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