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AJA IO LA vs. BLACKMAGIC DECKLINK EXTREME
Hello,
I am looking to make a purchase primarily for getting footage in and out of my UVW-1800 Beta-SP deck. I am currently looking at two products that cost basically the same amount.
AJA IO LA looks to do this function well via the FW400 port. The advantages over the Blackmagic card are that it can be plugged into anything with a FW400 port and it has full component, composite and S-Video ins and outs via a breakaway box. The disadvantages are that it doesn’t have anything digital and it is an extra source to power on and off.
BLACKMAGIC DECKLINK EXTREME is a card (with breakout cables) that plugs right into the G5. The advantages are that it has component ins and outs but a disadvantage is that it has no composite nor S-Video (although I suppose these sources can be demoded in and out via my Beta-SP deck and input component) ins and outs. Other advantages are that it adds SDI IO and it’s one less thing to power on and off.
Any help from your experience or from what you’ve heard with choosing one unit over another would be great. Also, does anyone know if Blackmagic Decklink Extreme is available for the new PCIe Quad (I couldn’t tell from their website)? If it’s PCI-X only, I guess the AJA IO LA is the winner by default since I’ll be buying the Quad next week!
Thanks in advance for your input!
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Since you know more about your own workflow, you probably should make the decision based on what you’ll need now and in the future as far as in and outs… That said, if you put the system on a single power strip… doesn’t matter how many devices you have to power down right? i.e. one switch on that strip does it all…
Also… the IO will be future proof, where the decklink probably won’t be. FW 400 isn’t going to go away anytime soon, but bus changes will and already are happening …
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