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wanted: recommendations
will be starting a new adventure into HD (720p…) using quad core g5 4 gig ram dvcPro HD and of course FCP with LHe and breakout box… will be using the firestore fspro hd unit to basically drag and drop… to monitor this can i just use the component out to a decent lcd hd tv from let say dell or (insert budget-limited brand name here)???
color correction is important, but i must live within the constraints of government production budgets… mostly internal customer videos… but trying to maintain professional appeal
Thanks O’Ton -
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For color correction you cannot get a good image from the Kona LHe to a Dell 2407 monitor. You’d need something like the 1700w from Panasonic…$4000. Or the 2600w…$6000. A bit out of the price range really.
OR…get the Matrox MXO. That, coupled with an Apple 23″ display or Dell 2407 WILL get you a broadcast quality color correctable image…for under $2000 for the both of them.
If you capture your HD footage via firewire, you have no need for a card that captures HD, like the Kona LH…unless you shoot HDV and want to capture it as DVCPRO HD. But if you capture straight via firewire the MXO is for you. IT is an output only box…cannot capture. But it can output HD SDI, Component, composite, and DVI to your Apple or Dell monitor.
Shane
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thanks!
truth be told… i inherited the mac system… still luv it! and since this new firestore came out this lhe is basically been driving the SD monitor and my sound via the mackie to speakers/sub woofer… so not heavy enough for a boat anchor… door stop?
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