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decklink hd or decklink hd plus
hi people! i am thinking about buying a new card for my computer. i work with final cut and after effects, not profesionaly but in a future that could change so i want to invest in something that i don’t have to upgrade in the next couple of years. i read the features of both cards in declink web site, they both look pretty much the same appart from the gentlock stuff. is the gentlock so important, the price of decklink hd plus is almost double?? i live in the uk so over here all is about 30% more expensive than the us. what would you guys recomend me??? i want to start playing a bit with broadcast monitors, color conversion spaces, 10 bit uncompressed formats. i read as well that ram preview is real time with the hd card in after effects and final cut pro. and last thing, what is all this SDI about? i read that is just a faster method to transfer files than firewire and to connect to decks. could someone do a brief explanation on this please?? didn’t find much stuff on the net.
thank you very much.
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Hi Benny,
“they both look pretty much the same appart from the gentlock stuff. is the gentlock so important,”
If your FCP system connects to other more systems like VTR’s and NLE’s, my advice is to take the HDPlus (the one with Genlock). Genlock used for referencing the timing signals across all your machines/equipments.Otherwise, as a standalone unit. You can have the DecklinkHD. This card uses the input digital video signal which carries together with a sync into your card, and while outputting it also generates sync that feeds into your VTR.
” what is all this SDI about? ”
SDI – Serial Digital Interface .. A Digital Video Standard ,a method that can hold Digital Video, Digital Audio and timecode in one digital cable. I express this as layman as possible, so please other guru out there, please spare me..
My advice to learn more about SDI.. goto http://www.smpte.org
“read that is just a faster method to transfer files than firewire and to connect to decks.”
One way to explain this, SDI runs uncompressed Video signals like 8bit or 10bit digital video, uncompressed video means quality resolution.This will connect to your decks which caters SDI outputs. (Digibeta, HDCamSR,D5 etc..) Thou, by using firewire you can’t do uncompressed due to its bandwidth limitation (maybe in near future).decks like DVCam.DVCPro etc..
I hope i add more confusions to you..
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thanks wilto for your replay, it helped me what you told me, i think i’ll go for the hd plus.
thanks
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