%$#&! Blackmagic?

[Shane Ross]

[Eric Hammond] “. Is this the best thing out there for FCP?”

No…AJA is the best thing. And in my experience Matrox is the second best thing, then Decklink. But that is MY experience, and MY opinion. Although AJA being the best is the opinion of a lot of people. The easy interface helps that a lot…as it does Matrox too.

AJA KONA LHi
Matrox MXO 2 or MXO2 LE

Those are my suggestions.

Shane

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[Richard Sanchez]

I second the Kona LHi. The interface is straight forward, and AJA’s tech support is top notch.

Richard Sanchez
North Hollywood, CA

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[Steve Eisen]

I agree with the above. If I were you, I would contact BM tech support. They do have good customer support.

You can post your problems you are having in the BM forum.

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
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Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

[Michael Gissing]

It might help if you told us what the daily issues are. I have used my Decklink HD Pro happily for the past five years. That said, I am tossing up with a switch to Kona3 as a replacement in my new mac pro which is being shipped as we speak.

I have no complaint about the Decklink but the up/ cross/ down conversion in the Kona is the selling point for me plus the often touted tech support. However, I intend to run the Decklink in the new machine for till the end of the year.

[Neil Sadwelkar]

We’ve used Blackmagic cards in a production environment since 2004. Its not that there haven’t been problems, but none as severe as what you’re facing. And its not as if Aja cards don’t have the occasional issue. We use both makes.

You should describe your system and the problems you are seeing and there is bound to be a solution. You should preferably post at the Blackmagic forum here at the Cow. Kristian and others from Blackmagic do address BM card queries there.

You could also get in touch with BM support in your region. I’ve found them to be most helpful. In fact, where I’m from, I’ve found their support better than that from Aja.

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Mumbai India

[Walter Biscardi]

We run all Kona products here, mainly the Kona 3.

That being said, you should look at the BMD forum here on the Cow for any input on your specific problems.

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[Ben Hendriks]

Hi Walther,

What do you mean “we all run Kona here?”
I don’t. A lot of people here do not run Kona”

Best Ben

[Scott Davis]

Walter said “we run all AJA here”. I think he meant in his shop.

Scott Davis

[Baz Leffler]

Well just to be different, I run all Blackmagic Multibridge Extreme’s here (3) and I can honestly say there are more problems with FCP than what there are with BMD but then FCP has a lot more in its software than BMD. But in all honesty its the best interface I have ever had.

Baz

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[Walter Biscardi]

[Ben Hendriks] “Hi Walther,

What do you mean “we all run Kona here?”
I don’t. A lot of people here do not run Kona” “

As in my company, Biscardi Creative Media. We run all Kona here.

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