DeckLink HD Extreme

[Gary Adcock]

[Dan Sheridan] “Anyone use the DeckLink HD Extreme card in a mac pro?”

Most of the forum leaders (like me) are running on Kona’s in this forum.

gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
Post and Production Workflows

[Shane Ross]

It will be more than adequate. Good cards, great codec…component in. Inexpensive. Lots of people swear by them.

I prefer AJA (tighter integration with Apple), but Decklink works just fine.

Shane

Littlefrog Post
http://www.lfhd.net

[Dan Sparks]

That’s the combo I have and it’s been solid. Saved a bit of money compared to the Kona, you just need to be aware of the differences and how that applies to your work. BMD uses realtime software to do HD to SD down-conversion, Kona is hardware based. I’m told the software conversion is just OK. But that’s a feature I don’t need so it’s a non-issue for me. I capture component from Beta SP, and SDI from HDV(captured in SD). Currently my work is all SD, but when I need HD in the future, the capability will be there for me.

Dan Sparks

Tricom Video