Bob Zelin
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Garrett –
you have not stated what compression ratio (or what easy setup) you have selected. With the G-Raid, you should have no issues doing DVCProHD, however, you CANNOT do uncompressed HD – either 8 or 10 bit. Are you trying to use DVCProHD compression ? What did you select in your Audio/Video settings, or Easy Setup menu ?Bob Zelin
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NO – EVERY BOARD – AVID, ATTO, LSI Logic, Firmtek, Sonnet, AJA, Blackmagic, Cinewave, EVERY BOARD that could fit into a PCI-X machine CANNOT FIT into a PCI Express MAC. A Kona LHe is specifically designed for PCI Express machines. Same goes for your storage boards, etc. Don’t blame AJA – Apple did this to every manufacturer.
Bob Zelin
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yes Walter – I will be at NAB – I’ve been at the last 20 NAB’s. But the big question is – will AJA allow me into their booth !
bob Zelin
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I urge you to purchase the Blackmagic Decklink Extreme. At $895 list, it’s an incredible value, and you can do SDI work with it. The monitor price is the least of your worries – you should not purchase a card based on your monitor – you should purchase a card on the type of media you work with, and the Decklink Extreme will work with digital VTR’s – so you can charge MORE MONEY, and get higher end clients that will pay you MORE MONEY. This will quickly pay for your better monitor. The Decklink Extreme is the right purchase for you – the SP is a dead end product. Analog is going away very quickly.
Bob Zelin
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no – you will not get the flexibility that you want (anything in to anything out) by using more than one Videohub. This is the case (and limitation) of EVERY small router – be it from Blackmagic, Leitch, ProBel, Pesa, Sierra, Sigma, Utah Scientific, Kramer, etc. When you purchase a router, you must buy a frame that is large enough for your future expansion IN ADVANCE – when you max out the size of your router, you can’t expand it. This is typical of many companies that purchase generic 16×16 routers, and run out of room very quickly, and say “we just want to add 4 more inputs. The only solution is to purchase a 32×32 router, and if it is a modular router, just load 16 of the crosspoints and expand later. Most people never do this becuase they don’t want to spend the money for the large frame.
The Blackmagic Videohub is a teriffic inexpensive product for the typical 2 to 6 workstation facility. You have a large facility, and since you own 7 SDI based decks, you obviously have plenty of money as well. You need a LARGE ROUTER. I strongly suggest in your shopping that you purchase a MINIMUM of a 32×32 router. Typically, a place like Ant Farm in LA, that has 50 edit systems, purchased a 128×128 Sierra router. Yes, its very expensive, and there is quite a bit of labor involved in setting up a router like this.
I don’t know how successful Blackmagic has been with the Videohub, but if they could make a 32×32 router like the Videohub for $15,000, I believe they would sell a lot of these.
Bob Zelin
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if you have a deadline, and you don’t quickly respond to the type of drives that you have, then you will not meet your deadline, and you will be fired. We are here to help you – all you have to do is tell us about your drives.
We are here – where are you ?
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In the real world (private company post production), AVID only offers one product for this application – the AVID Adrenaline. In the real world (not TV stations, where AVID makes all their money) – the only products AVID sells are AVID Xpress Pro, AVID Adrenaline, and AVID Nitris (and most recently AVID Symphony Nitris). There are not countless products that AVID makes that applies to the professional post production world. I don’t count broadcast TV as the real world, even though this is where the real money is, and where Newscutters shine.
Bob Zelin
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the Sony PVM-14L1 is the cheapest pro monitor Sony makes, and it’s a COMPOSITE VIDEO ONLY monitor. This monitor is designed for VHS dub systems, and quick check applications. It has no SDI, no option for SDI, and does not even have analog component inputs. In my opinion, you would be better off with a consumer TV that has analog component inputs. Of course, there are countless other monitors on the market, including in the Sony line. But the PVM-14L1 is the bottom of the barrel.
Bob Zelin
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The new Sonnet card looks INCREDIBLE, and I am waiting to get my hands on one. I have read so so things about the PCIe Highpoint, and have had bad experiences with Highpoint in the past, and since it’s internal port only, I will pass completely on the Highpoint, and look only at the Sonnet (until Firmtek releases their card, which is not out yet).
Bob Zelin