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Confused newbie seeking advice
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SOrry…I couldn’t find it either. Looks like I got the number wrong.
JVC / DT-V24L1DU
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Shane
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Paul and Shane,
I don’t mean to confuse the waters here but I noticed that you are already using 2 30″ ACD’s. I think that trying to add a MXO to this mix would cause you to lose use of one of your 30 inchers. Shane, you have a MXO, is this correct?
Again, don’t mean to confuse but I would hate for you to have to retire a 30″ ACD, unless you want to send it to me!
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The MXO does not work with the 30″ Apple Displays. They are dual link DVI and the MXO is single link. It only works with the 23″ ACD, and would display pixel for pixel.
Shane
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As I see it (and I am sure I will be corrected if wrong)
If I use the MXO then I will lose one of the 30 inch displays because basically the MXO takes the DVI in and out leaving nowhere to plug in my second 30 inch.
BUT if I use a card, the card will give me a DVI out to a broadcast monitor plus the component out to the 42 inch plasma whilst still leaving me the two 30 inch monitors connected — right?
Paul
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[Paul Burgess] “If I use the MXO then I will lose one of the 30 inch displays because basically the MXO takes the DVI in and out leaving nowhere to plug in my second 30 inch.”
You have two? Wow. Yeah, you’d lose one of them, as the MXO does not work with the 30″ displays. They are dual link DVI, and the MXO is single link only. Typically what you’d do in a two monitor environment is have the MXO connected to one of the monitors. It allows for play thru of the monitor signal, and will switch to broadcast monitoring when you press Apple-F12 (View>External>All Frames).
To me this is fine, as I would use the two displays to perform my creative cutting, then when it came time to color correct, switch the MXO on and use one monitor to color correct and one to look at my image.
But yes, with the MXO you cannot have two computer monitors and one broadcast monitor. You can try the DualHead2Go from Matrox, to split one port to two monitors. But I have had terrible luck trying to get that to work.
Shane
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Shane -If I choose to go the card route. not the MXO box, then the card has the extra DVI out for the broadcast monitor and the component out out for the plasma = all three monitors and the plasma at once – right?
Paul
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A capture card is installed differently. The MXO connects via DVI. Most capture cards are installed internally, in PCIe or PCI-X slots…so they don’t take up a monitor port. So you can have two monitors and your plasma. A couple other options connect via Firewire 800, AJA I/O HD and MOTU V3HD. I know the AJA box has HDMI in and out…but costs $3500. Not sure what the Motu has…gotta research that yourself.
Shane
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