• Blackmagic Design

  Any ideas for a good and cheep scaler?

  Posted by Peter Roslund on December 29, 2013 at 8:52 am

  Hi!
  Love this forum! <3

  The company I´m working for recently bought Television Studio + Camera Converter x3 + Studio Converter.

  My “problem” is that everything must run in the same format, ex: 1920×1080 50i or 1280×720 50p. And TVS has no built in scaler.

  We are using hired cameras/freelancers with cameras – and they are not always in both those formats. AND we also are connecting laptops to the TVS witch also do not have both formats.

  It´s sometimes difficult to connect all together and make it work. SO, I´m thinking there must be a smart scaler I can connect between the camera/laptop (HDMI in/out) and the TVS/Camera Converter. A small and with “all” the best in/out formats.

  Any suggestions?

  And …. if the scaler ALSO had VGA-connection in, it would be a blessing. 🙂 *bonus

  Thank you!

  Derek Nickell replied 12 years, 4 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Chad Pearson

  December 30, 2013 at 9:52 pm

  Datavideo just came out with their DAC-70 which is an up/down/cross converter with VGA, HDMI and HD-SDI inputs and has both HD-SDI and HDMI outputs. It’s around $500 USD MAP
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  Peter Roslund

  December 30, 2013 at 10:09 pm

  Looks like a nice scaler.
  Thanks for the post Chad.
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  Derek Nickell

  January 1, 2014 at 11:29 pm

  Kramer makes some good stuff. Usually cheap on eBay.

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