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Using a 42″ plasma with FCP
Just came into possession of a 2004 42″ panasonic plasma… Now no laughing… it has been barely used has a great bright image and came to me with a VGA splitter box, and a very nice bright sd image. I shoot SD 16X9 with a dvx100b at present and edit with FCP7 and would love to watch edits on this. What is the best way to hook it up? External video options seem to only be mac cinema. But making it a VGA monitor seems silly, is there anyway to put the video straight out so it uses the whole screen?
Any other thoughts on using this also appreciated!
Thanks!
10.6.1, MacPro Quad 6GB RAM, Macbook Pro 17″ w/G-Tech 2 TB GRaid with Sonnet Tempo eSATA via express card, FCS3, TC Electronic Impact Twin FW audio interface, 2 DVX100Bs
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You need a video out device. On the cheap, a DV bridge about $100-150. This will convert the FW DV signal to analog and will have RCA and S-Video to hook up to the TV.
The best way would be video card from Blackmagic (they start at about $200) or box either the AJA Io LA to Matrox MXO (not the MXO2) the Matrox gives you a great way to calibrate the plasma while the AJA does not. These are both about a Grand.
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For a no-cost solution, since you are shooting SD,
just connect your camcorder to the Mac via FireWire, and connect the camcorder’s AV outputs to the monitor. -
Ok, so I have firewire from my macpro into the dvx100b and S-video connected to the plasma. What do the settings need to be, FCP and camera, to have FCP playback the timeline through the firewire/camera onto the plasma?
Thanks!
10.6.1, MacPro Quad 6GB RAM, Macbook Pro 17″ w/G-Tech 2 TB GRaid with Sonnet Tempo eSATA via express card, FCS3, TC Electronic Impact Twin FW audio interface, 2 DVX100Bs
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