Andy Stinton
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Clients are one thing, we as producers are another. Movies embeded into Powerpoint are also unreliable, but that is client provided media. Edirol makes a nice unit that sells for about $2000.00 that we have used for years with no problems.
A better raphics card may help but their are other factors that come into play . A couple of years ago we found a certain brand of laptops did not work well with NEC projectors. The whole issue of playing back media from a laptop is a crapshoot.
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God I’ve bought that T shirt . Putting the laptop through to the projector works, however you have no image on your laptop screen. More to the point ( let me be blunt) no proffessional should be playing off a laptop or a DVD , it is a recipe for disaster. Tape or hard drive playback system only preferably a HD playback system with a tape backup.
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[Eric Steinberg] “So, my plan is: Create all versions in both 1920 x 1080 HD and 720 x 576 anamorph widescreen SD”
Okay hate to be a pain but are you relying on the projector to
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What mixer are you using ? What are coming out of the MAC in VGA or video?
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Mark do we come from different viewpoints !!! My approach is to overwhelm the client with the concept. Sell the sizzle not the steak.. There is a difference to starting the job and doing the proposal .
The clients want details…Thats what I sell, give me the money honey !!!!
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HD is not a bad thing. You YoHD is of course vastly superior in terms of quality .
My concern is the equipment you will be using on site. HD screens by nature are bigger than SD screens and require larger projection distances. You said that
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I must admit I
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Thomas , what is the price of the software ? I take it you also need one of their controllers?
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For all of my events I use an Roland product (DV7DLC or PR-50) however neither of these are HD. Roland is coming out with an HD presenter but will be in the region of $10,000 .
My question to you is ,are you taking the projectors and screens on the road or are you thinking of picking up equipment locally? The downside to HD is the large distance backstage that you will need to rear project. In fact looking at how you are going to project ( front or rear ) may be the answer to the format that you use and thus the playback.
Personally HD does not seem practical for the variety of venues that you will be playing.
Personally I would never, repeat never, use a DVD player as a method of playback with a variety of cues in the show just to damn unreliable.
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To be honest I have always rented gear and let the pros handle it. No matter what wireless system you look at there will be a learning curve, and then the need for one of your crew to monitor it on-site . Way too much overhead for me ..
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