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Advice on the next capture card
I’m looking for a little advice. It’s time to look at a new capture card and a G5 for our fcp setup. I’ve got an Aurora Igniter RT in a dual 1.25 G4. I’m not sure that I want to go with an Aurora Pipe because of the limitations of PCI-X and Standard Def. I’m not doing HD now, but can imagine it in the very near future. The Multibridge pro or Extreme look interesting to me. Any recommendations?
Thanks much,
John
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8 Replies
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i would get a decklink extreme now, and upgrade when you need to and sell the old card on ebay. the cards are so cheap they pay for themselves in a week, if not in one job. and when you do need hd in the future, all those products will be cheaper anyway. it does not pay to try to “future proof”. the gear just gets better and cheaper sooo fast.
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i forgot about the decklink extreme hd. it’s only a hundred bucks more, so you can ease into hd and get a 444 product when you need it. I havent looked at both specs and connectors, but it seems like the sd extreme is made obsolete by this product
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Thanks for the recommendation. The Extreme HD is card that I’ve been leaning towards. Some people have said that AJA Kona is considered the best overall card, though. Do you have any perspective on that as far as reliability and support?
Thanks again.
-John
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Hi John,
Do note that if you plan to use the DeckLink HD Eextreme, you’ll need a Mac with PCI Express slots. This means one of the new G5s.
regards
Kristian Lam
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Thanks, Kristian: A new G5 is in the mix, so that’s not a problem.
-John
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[John Dehn] “Some people have said that AJA Kona is considered the best overall card, though.”
The people who have spent about twice the dough on the Kona cards would tout them fro sure…
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Kristian,
Is it also true that Decklink HD Extreme is a 4:2:2 (single-link HD capture card. Unlike the HD Pro which is a 4:4:4 (dual-link card?
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Yes, the HD Extreme is a 4:2:2 card.
regards
Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design
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