Difference between mini-converters

[Humberto Perez]

Well that sucks. I’ve going around like a maniac asking the difference, and not one was able to give me a straight answer. Funny enough, I even called AJA about it, and they didn’t know. The person I talked to, couldn’t figure out why the pricing seemed to be backwards. Best answer I got from them was that it was a “generous action” from the company. So even AJA doesn’t know.
Anyhow, it’s just funny, that’s all.
I had checked the pricing from B+H, but also looked at prices on other websites and it was the same way everywhere. Even the local vendors here, had it that way.
Anyway, in the end the image quality justified it. What can you say.
Thanks for the input, Bob.

[John Ladle]

the D10AD does component OR composite analog to SDI, whereas the D10A does component to SDI only. the HD10AVA is brand new and i am waiting on mine, but it does HD and SD component AND 4 channel XLR to SDI for $990. so if you have a kona 2 or 3 and plan on touching HDV from JVC or Sony as well as the HD component from the panasonic P2 HVX 200, it makes it easy to pay a few bucks more.

[Bob Zelin]

I sure do. Its called LAZINESS. I bet you are looking at the B+H Photo website. The AJA D10A is $849, and the AJA D10AD is $789.
AND the AJA HD10A is $1549, when the list price of the new AJA HD10AVA is $990. Do you know why – it’s because AJA has changed their prices, and they have been too LAZY to be bothered to change the website. This applies to plenty of other products, and plenty of other mail order companies that sell products on line. They can’t be bothered with updating their pricing on line, and it drives people like you and me crazy. I deal with all kinds of parts suppliers that send me catalogs, and they have the prices in the damn catalogs, and I call to order and get much higher prices when I call to place the order. I yell, and say “what the hell is going on here -I just got your catalog, and it’s half the price you are telling me” – and they say “this is what it says on my computer – please hold, and I will check for you” – and sure enough – no one updated the computer – or in your case – the website pricing.

In the Markertek catalog (where I buy from all the time), the AJA D10AD is $729, and the D10A is not even listed. But I can’t find either of these products on the Markertek website.

Welcome to the business world.

Bob Zelin

[Michael D]

I am also evaluating AJA mini-converters so let me tell you what I see as the differences between the D10A (component in only)and the D10AD (universal in). According to AJA

[Bob Zelin]

AJA DOES KNOW – but you are asking the wrong people (the generic sales staff – no offense to anyone in sales at AJA) – CALL AJA TECH SUPPORT – or any companies tech support, and they will know.

What you will find in general (in the world) is that many companies don’t even know their own products with all variations. Here is why – I work with A LOT OF SATA PRODUCTS, and a lot of MAC computers – old and new. A company will develop a NEW product, and test it on a NEW MAC G5 (like a Quad), but NEVER test it on an OLD computer. So you and me run into OLD computers (like a dual 1.8 Gig G5), and find that the results being advertised are NOT accurate when it comes to the old computers. I guess companies can’t test everything – this is why for years AVID has said “Certified products only” – it did not mean that other products did not work, it meant that they only tested certain products, and if something else did not work – they did not want to hear about it.

Bob Zelin