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Kona IOHD – any user comments?
I’m looking at picking one up for my 17″MBPro (2.4 Core Duo, 4Gb RAM, ESATA Express card to Q Drives).
Any complaints? I’d be capturing mainly DVCPro 50 and DVCPro HD, which I understand doesn’t use the conversion to ProRes.
What about monitoring? Can you monitor both SD / HD signals easily? What about HD Component, instead of HD-SDI?
Are they really future-proof? Is it simply a firmware upgrade?
WOuld you recommmend it AFTER having used it?
Thanks,
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Most of this can be answered with AJAs brochure.
One other thing to think about is another product, if you really plan to stay in DVCProHD and that is the V3HD (https://www.v3hd.com/) it is similar to the IoHD but does not do ProRes.
Nothing is future proof, this will never to HD 4:4:4, never do uncompressed HD but capture cards and devices normally have a long life span. Most companies do not talk about the future so most of the time it is like yelling into the void.
But the real answers to you questions are being addressed in the AJA Io forum. Hope over there. As far as I know this and the V3 are the only options out there to capture HD to a laptop.
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[msacci] “V3HD (https://www.v3hd.com/) it is similar to the IoHD but does not do ProRes.”
I definitely would not want this as I have looked at their materials. One thing, they’re an audio company. Second, they have separate inputs for SD and HD and the same with the outputs.
I have the Io HD here and will install it next week to do an HD episode as our first test.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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Just passing a long information, the other thing to not have ProRes when you can get it for a few hundred buck with the Io is probably something you would regret down the road. There are a couple of things about the IoHD that make it the right choice and more “future proof”
But you have to admit that there are more blinky lights on the V3.
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[msacci] “But you have to admit that there are more blinky lights on the V3.”
blinky lights are fun that’s for sure. can’t wait to see the Io HD fired up here actually. we’re making room for it next week and will re-route our connections from my Kona 3 to the Io HD instead.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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I have been playing with it in the shop and it is truly very sweet. I have it hooked to my MacBook Pro (2.33, 17″, 3GBs RAM)
When you say you are capturing to dv50 and DVCPro HD, does that mean you are capturing from decks or are you using HVX material?
Jeremy
PS Gary Adcock has a review of it up on the Cow:
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/adcock_gary/AJAIOHD.php
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Surprised you’re so adamant Walter, especially as you’re working DVCproHD.
The other advantage the Motu has for us AC/DC types (read PC&Mac) is that the motu device is bisexual!
Alan
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Capturing from a DvcProHD deck throught the IOHD.
any monitoring experience / issues?
Thanks,
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[Alan Lacey] “is that the motu device is bisexual!
“Uhhh, Alan, I think the more appropriate term is dual boot, or bootcamp compatible, or OS-curious.
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[Paul] “Capturing from a DvcProHD deck throught the IOHD.
“Then I would highly suggest ProRes or better yet, ProResHQ. It’s what the box is made for.
Jeremy
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[Alan Lacey] ”
Surprised you’re so adamant Walter, especially as you’re working DVCproHD.The other advantage the Motu has for us AC/DC types (read PC&Mac) is that the motu device is bisexual!”
If I want broadcast video quality I go with a company with a long broadcast history behind it.
If I want high quality audio equipment, I go with a company with a long audio history behind it.
I know what AJA has done through the years with high end video based on what we have here in the shop. I know what MOTU brings to audio production. For my money and reputation, it’s going to be a video production centric company that I will invest my video centric dollars in.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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