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HD suite with Plasma and LCD, will there be frame delays?
With our change to HD, I’m proposing monitoring like this:
KONA 3 out, to Panasonic 26 inch HD monitor for editor
and 42 inch Panasonic Plasma (would be either the consumer one with HDMI input
or the pro model with the SDI card) for producer/client. Is anyone else doing it
this way, and are the two monitors hitting the same frame at the same time?
I don’t want lip sync problems in our suites.As for the Panasonic Plasma, if it needs to be the one with SDI card to make this work,
that’s fine. Or would the consumer version with HDMI actually be a better choice?
I guess the KONA doesn’t have HDMI out anyway, but the Blackmagic stuff does.
My whole goal here is to NOT HAVE frame delay issues between the monitors.Thanks,
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The trick is that both monitors have the same delay. You can adjust the audio playback to compensate for delay. Of course if you monitor direct off tape to any monitor with delay you will have to have a means of delaying the playback audio. FCP does it for you but consider other monitoring applications in your edit room.
As we do sound post and pic post in the same rooms, I wouldn’t use a monitor with more than 20ms delay.
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HDMI is fine. You will not have frame/sync issues if you are connecting the Kona or Decklink to it.
AJA and Blackmagic make SDI to DVI/HDMI converters.
Sean
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[Danrnw] “As for the Panasonic Plasma, if it needs to be the one with SDI card to make this work,
that’s fine. Or would the consumer version with HDMI actually be a better choice?”I like the pro models more because they are actually cheaper (they don’t have any built in tuners) and they are flexible. I purchased my unit with two Component inputs and recently added the HDMI input for our Blu Ray player. If something else comes out next week, I can order that input as well. Three inputs, all switchable.
With our plasmas, I have to set an offset of 0 for 720p material and 2 for 1080i material. Both of our plasmas are fed Component from our Kona 3’s as a loop through from Sony PVM monitors.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Broadcast and independent productions.All Things Apple Podcast! https://cowcast.creativecow.net/all_things_apple/index.html
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Walter,
So if your Sony PVM is getting the same feed as your Plasma,
and you are setting an offset of 2 to make the Plasma look correct,
doesn’t that mean your PVM is off?Dan
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[Danrnw] “So if your Sony PVM is getting the same feed as your Plasma,
and you are setting an offset of 2 to make the Plasma look correct,
doesn’t that mean your PVM is off?”Nope they’re all good together. Doesn’t sound like that should be right, but it does work.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Broadcast and independent productions.All Things Apple Podcast! https://cowcast.creativecow.net/all_things_apple/index.html
Read my blog! https://blogs.creativecow.net/WalterBiscardi
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