HDMI to Dell 24in vs. HDLink to Apple 23″

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HDMI to Dell 24in vs. HDLink to Apple 23″

Posted by Eric Hansen on August 24, 2008 at 2:34 am

i’m currently editing and color correcting in DVCPRO HD 1080i60 and ProRes with the following setup:

Mac Pro with Kona 3
HDLink to 23″ Apple Cinema Display

i’m thinking about building a second editing suite that wont have to capture, but will still need to color correct. will the BM Intensity to the Dell 2408WFP 24″ via HDMI produce a similar high quality result as the Kona 3 to HDLink to ACD? or is Decklink Extreme to HDLink to Dell the way to go? can the Intensity display 2k from Color or only 1080i?

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Margus Voll replied 17 years, 8 months ago 4 Members · 6 Replies
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Bob Zelin
August 24, 2008 at 9:05 pm

the Decklink Extreme has an analog HD output. This can go directly into the Y Pb Pr inputs of the Dell 2408WFP, and will look very nice without buying anything else. This will NOT display a 2K image.

The Apple 23″ cinema display will not display a 2k image. If you want a 2k image, the the HDLinkPro and an Apple 30″ display.

All of these examples you mention will look about the same. The Kona 3 thru an HD Link into an Apple 23″ DVI port will look the same as a Kona 3 (or Blackmagic Extreme) into a 2408 Y Pb Pr analog HD input.

They will all work.

Bob Zelin
Margus Voll
August 25, 2008 at 9:52 am

Hi Bob.

What about Dell 3008 + HDLinkPro by DVI ?

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Bob Zelin
August 25, 2008 at 9:38 pm

never tried it, but it should work, and the Dell 30″ is great !
Bob Zelin
Margus Voll
August 27, 2008 at 6:14 am

Hi again.

Actually i have multibridge pro 2 and i could connect it with hdmi but it does not give me 2x oversize PAL as i see it. This is why i asked about HDLink Pro.

Annother question is how to adjust Dell as out of the box they have really insane brightness and contrast levels and you could get really nice sun burn in front of them. This is why i have tryed to ask it with LUT’s how to calibrate LCD with HDLink to get reasonable results for color correcting etc. No results for that question yet.

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Chris Torella
August 28, 2008 at 7:55 pm

any luck calibrating your HP yet Marcus?, i have the same set up (MB Pro 1) and the same question? I feel the Yellow and the Greens are oversaturated.

anyone try the HP calibation software yet?

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Margus Voll
September 1, 2008 at 7:45 am

Hi.

I do not have it yet just figuring my options out.

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