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Hardware questions
I’m getting a little confused here with getting the proper connection with my Resolve system.
I only need one monitor; I don’t need a client one. I’m planning to connect to the monitor via Display port out of my Mac Pro. So I need a Blackmagic Decklink HD Extreme 3D card. Do I need a Blackmagic HDLink Pro Display Port converter as well?? That would be 2 SDI cables out of the mac pro to the converter, than a displayport connection from the converter to the monitor?
I originally thought I could just go from the Blackmagic Decklink HD Extreme 3D card out of the MacPro into the monitor.
Now, displayport would get me a 10bit image. I could do a DVI-I connection from the Mac Pro to the Monitor (Eizo ColorEdge), but that would leave me with an 8bit image. Both world work, the displayport would be optimal though.
Does this all make sense?
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7 Replies
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Looks like that is a high end computer monitor, not a broadcast video monitor….
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There are Display port to HDMI adapters but not HDMI to Display port which is what you would need.
You could get a basic Decklink HD-SDI and a HD-Link Display Port and connect the Resolve SDI to HD-Link to Display port. The good thing about that combo is that the HD-Link can hold a 3D LUT that you will need to make to attempt to calibrate that display.
-Rob-
Robert Houllahan
Director / Colorist
Cinelab Inc.
http://www.cinelab.comMAHC-PRO 6-Core 3X GTX285 20Tb SAS Wave Panel Panny 11UK SDI Plasma.
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Yes; sorry I should specify. I am connecting an Ezio Coloredge computer monitor.
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Rob,
So for the Ezio computer monitor, I would need:
Blackmagic Decklink HD Extreme 3D card.
Blackmagic HDLink Pro Display Port converter
SDI Cables
Display port cable.The DVI-I would connect the MacPro to the computer monitor, but it wouldn’t give me 100% color accuracy?
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No you would need:
Decklink HD-SDI ($300)
HD-Link Display port
Display port to display port adapter cable.No DVI connection to this monitor, maybe to the other monitor you will be using for the Resolve GUI. This is all covered in the Resolve setup manual.
If this is your “reference” monitor i.e. the monitor you will be using to judge you grade on you should calibrate it to a known spec like REC709 so it tries to be a reference. Getting a proper probe and software to do this is about $9K….
-Rob-
Robert Houllahan
Director / Colorist
Cinelab Inc.
http://www.cinelab.comMAHC-PRO 6-Core 3X GTX285 20Tb SAS Wave Panel Panny 11UK SDI Plasma.
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You can just use the regular displayport or DVI to connect your computer monitor. But you need a color critical broadcast monitor to grade on. Some people are successfully using a hp dream color or the like, with a proper calibration. But you don’t use the computer image to evaluate color.
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I tested with Eizo(DVI) via HDlink.
Eizo (factory default 709) is a bit off from REC 709 Broadcast monitor.
I am not expert, but I wouldn’t use EIZO without LUT for REC 709
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