[Andrew Johnston]

Hi guys, thanks for helping.

A few things…

Dan, I looked into the card. it looks good, but I’m using a macbook pro. Can’t really install a card. What options do I have using a macbook pro?

let me rephrase what I’m trying to do I simply as I can put it:

1. I am shooting 1080i
2. When I edit, I want to SEE my footage, whether it be on my laptop screen or a 2nd monitor, as 1080i
3. Then, the finished product I need to display as 1080i through a computer and onto a 65” sharp 1080p HD television.

Now… problems I anticipate and am asking how to work around:

1. When bringing my footage into FCP the clips get converted to something my computer can edit, these clips may not be 1080i…. how do I get them back to 1080i?

2. The connection between the computer running the video and the monitor displaying the video has to have the right kind of connection. The card suggested by Dan seems right but I am using a macbook pro.

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