Suggested Edit Suite Configuration – Comments?

[Nils Crompton]

Thanks for all your help guys. I have revised the suite to:

– MacPro (2008), 8x 2.8GHz, ATI Graphics
– 2GB additional RAM
– Dell 2407WFP 24″ Monitor
– Final Cut Studio 2
– Blackmagic Intensity Pro
– JVC 15″ Monitor TM-H150CGE
– RAID-0 3x 500GB Seagate SATA HDD
– Sennheiser eH350 Headphones
– Behringer MS40 Monitors

Total: AU$7854 (already have the dell, speakers and headphones)

I opted for the JVC CRT instead of the Sony LUMA LCD given that everyone seems to loath the LUMA’s.

I had a limited budget so i think this is reasonable suite. It is replacing a Pentium 4 Premiere system with no monitor or capture card…

My only concern is the Intensity Pro that monitoring through an Intensity vis Y/C to the monitor wont be as colour accurate as a Decklink or Kona card.

Any final comments?

Nils
Wax Interactive

[Jimmy Brunger]

Nils,

Look at the Decklink Extreme (should have same features as AJA cards, but just not as popular for Mac enthusiasts. That will give you much more flexibility than the Intensity. Then look at getting another Dell 24″ or Cinema Display and try a Matrox MXO to turn it into a b/cast monitor. I’m looking into one of these next week.

If you don’t need proper HD monitoring then get a decent secondhand CRT to use with the Decklink.

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Win XP Pro 32 / Intel P4 3GHz / 2GB RAM / GeForce FX5200 / DeckLink Pro / Roland DS-5s / Sony BVM-20G1E / 2 x Dell 2007FP / DVS SDI Clipstation / Wacom Intuos 3 A4 / 110GB/80GB/600GB RAID-0