Kona LHe or 3

[Gary Adcock]

[Bob Cole] “Has anybody here done a head-to-head comparison between software uprezzing and Kona 3’s?”

yes
shake was by far the best of the software up-conversion but not better than using the hardware based Kona cards. FCP was one of the worst in tests. The bigger issue was the time involved most of the software uprez took a fair amount of time and the hardware solutions were all realtime without loosing the TC in the Kona world, so the results were repeatable from the master tapes because I still had original TC tracks in place, something that gets stripped away in most of the software conversions.

Only Terranex hardware conversion was better than my kona cards and it cost something like 30x as much.

gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
Post and Production Workflows

[Winston A. cely]

Great info! Thanks everyone. This has helped me make the right decision for my first personally owned edit suite!

“If God could do the tricks we can do, He’d be a happy Man.” – Peter O’Toole – “The Stuntman”

Machine Model: Power Mac G5
CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (3.0)
Number Of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 2.5 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 4.5 GB
Final Cut Studio (Not Universal, yet)

[Keicol]

Hey Bob,

How do you setup the IO to use the Kona 3 to upconvert from analog to HD? I expect that the Format tab on the Control Panel you’d choose primary 525 29.97 and secondary 1080psf 23.98. Will the Kona 3 see the IO LA as an input? Can I digitize HD from my Beta SP deck this way?

Thanks, Keith