• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Connecting 2009 iMac to HD televison for preview

  Posted by Rob Hindley on August 31, 2009 at 11:25 pm

  I am using a analog/digital converter with dv (Firewire400) and RCA outputs.
  Previously I did this, I had to run the signal through a video player first.
  Is there anyway I can just run the signal from the converter box to the tv?

  If so, what cabling would I need?

  Dan Nethery replied 16 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Michael Sacci

  September 1, 2009 at 2:37 am

  If you want HD you need to look at something like the Matrox MXO, it will use the DVI out to give you HD view preview out.
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  Dan Nethery

  September 1, 2009 at 2:24 pm

  You could buy two cables and a cheap HD TV w/ HDMI from the Wal-Mart… It wont be a pixel for pixel picture.. It is down and dirty… But works. Mac will recognize that it is a HD TV and give you the correct resolution setting… 720 or 1080… It will treat it like a second monitor.

  Tell FCP to use it as your video playback thought View / Video Playback / Digital Desktop RAW or Full Screen.

  Mac Mini DisplayPort – HDMI Cable

  HDMI Cable

  This is one solution to a tight budget… Or you would have a Mac Pro tower with a Kona card and genelec monitors and a nice ikegami or sony video monitor

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