multibridge studio

[Luke Maslen]

Hi Chris,

[Post Office Video] “1) Studio has a built-in syc generator. Does it directly provide syc to itself or do you have to loop to the syc input?”

I believe you will need to loop it.

[Post Office Video] “2) Does it generate tri-syc for HD?”

Yes.

[Post Office Video] “3) Does the DVI output scale images so I can see SD video full screen on an LCD monitor- or will it be tiny?”

That is still up for debate. On HDLink, we offer 1x and 2x display of SD when using an LCD monitor with an adequate resolution for dislaying 2x. That’s nice because it’s pixel for pixel and SD displays well at 2x on a 23″ 1920 x 1200 display.

The DVI-D output of the Multibridge Studio can support much bigger monitors including the Apple Cinema HD 30″ display so we’re thinking of providing scaling so you can display SD using pretty much all of the screen. Do you think that 2x scaling is still important or is it just important to scale up the SD image to fill the whole LCD display?

Regards,

Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design

[Chris Paul]

Hi Luke

[Post Office Video] “3) Does the DVI output scale images so I can see SD video full screen on an LCD monitor- or will it be tiny?”

(Luke) That is still up for debate. On HDLink, we offer 1x and 2x display of SD when using an LCD monitor with an adequate resolution for dislaying 2x. That’s nice because it’s pixel for pixel and SD displays well at 2x on a 23″ 1920 x 1200 display.
The DVI-D output of the Multibridge Studio can support much bigger monitors including the Apple Cinema HD 30″ display so we’re thinking of providing scaling so you can display SD using pretty much all of the screen. Do you think that 2x scaling is still important or is it just important to scale up the SD image to fill the whole LCD display?

Man, that is a tough one, especially with the 30″. If it were just me I’d stick with the 2x for accuracy. Unfortunately, I have to deal with customers (often with bad breath) looking over my shoulder saying either “why is it small” with the 2x or “why do the monitors look different” with the full scaling. Would it be too much to ask for both? For what it’s worth, the scaling output of the AJA SDI-DVI converter looks good and is quite usable.

Please keep me on the list for the shipping date of Multibridge Studio- I think it is both more flexible and more tidy than the K2/IO solution that AJA is pushing. I also prefer a mostly external box to avoid the heat issues with G5’s.

Thanks,

Chris
POV

Chris Paul
POV