Bob Zelin
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I have been in the video business since 1978, and in all these years, I cannot recall a monitor that has looked worse than the Sony LMD-1410.
It is hard to believe that Sony has the balls to stick their name on this piece of crap, that makes a worse picture than a TV that you can get at WalMart. 640×480 Max resolution in all it’s standard def only, LCD glory. The last one I put in was as a QC monitor on a VHS dub rack – it’s not even acceptable for that type of application, least not as a critical edit monitor. I cannot begin to tell you of my dis-satisfaction – my first test ever with this monitor was with a NTSC color bar generator, and I thought “hey, this is pretty damn good” – then I saw an actual image – from various sources, including Beta, Dig Beta, FCP/AJA outputs, and VHS.
CRAP !Bob Zelin
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Walter – how did you benefit from capturing at uncompressed 8 bit when your native footage was DVCProHD ?
bob
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Hi David,
I will describe the ProMax array again, as I have done in a post just a few ones from this one down. The ProMax is an excellent array – the products used are the Sonnet Tempo X eSATA 8 port card, with 2 Kano Technologies SATA enclosures and 8 Hitachi SATA drives. ProMax is a great company to deal with, but these are generic products that can be purchased from many sources – probably including your “experts” in NY. There is no software or drivers to install. This array (which we have discussed on this forum many times) CAN do uncompressed HD, but some people (including me) are nervous about the stability of 8 port SATA I configurations. It does work however. I use SATA drives on almost every installation, but also recommend Fibre or SCSI for uncompressed HD.
As far as your “well established firm in NY” – many of these guys have NO IDEA of what they are talking about, and give out incorrect information. Even I give out wrong info, when I am told incorrect info from a manufacturer (I have been guilty of this on this very forum). Forums like this are great, becuase you can get feedback from real life users that have suffered thru the problems, and can relate their experience.
You can do what you want, but given a choice between the ProMax and Lacie, I would personally choose the ProMax array you have seen.
Bob Zelin
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Hi Chris –
I have worked with many LCD monitors, except for the $15,000 eCinema 23″ display. “They say” it’s teriffic, but I have not seen it.Most of my clients use 720p exclusively, so I have seen most of the popular “pro” displays – bottom line is – they all look the same. I have used the Apple 23″ Cinema, the Dell 2405FPW, the Sony SDM-P234b, the HP L2335, and the stupidly expensive Sony Luma LMD-232, and they are all about the same. It gives me the impression that every one of these monitors uses the same LCD panel made in Taiwan or Korea, and the packaging, or interface electronics is different (like the HP and Dell have analog HD inputs).
I have also tried all these monitors with the AJA HDP, and the Blackmagic HD Link (HD-SDI to DVI adaptors), and they also work, and do not change the way the image looks.So they all look good with 720p, but one thing is for sure – they are all USELESS with standard def video (if you are forced to do a job in SD on this system).
Bob Zelin
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the plasma that “everyone” uses, including Blackmagic and AJA, is the Panasonic TH50
series. At NAB2005, everyone used the Panasonic TH50PHD7UK, which has now been replaced with the (difficult to get delivery of) TH50PHD8UK, which is about $3000.Because of the delay issue in all plasma screens, it has become difficult for me to recommend any plasma display, and urge people to stick with LCD’s, like the Cinema display, Dell, HP, Sony, and (if you can afford it) the eCinema. There are large LCD’s on the market, but I have never tried any of them with a HD Link, so I can’t tell you what does and does not work.
I would LOVE to hear back reports from anyone that has tried any 32″ – 46″ LCD screens with the HD Link.
Bob Zelin
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OK, Jandro has not posted, and everyone else is jumping in. Jandro has stated that he wants to do uncompressed HD, but many of us seem to be guessing (as I am) that he is going to be doing a 720p Varicam job with a HD1200A VTR, which is DVCProHD, not uncompressed HD. So, if you are using a D5 VTR, my answers will be different.
ProMax – a GREAT company – will sell you a SATA solution that will consist of a Sonnet Tempo X eSATA 8 port, with 8 Hitachi SATA drives and 2 Kano Technologies 4 bay SATA enclosures – this system WILL DO UNCOMPRESSED HD, but you may (or may not) run into issues. If you are doing DVCProHD, a system like this is MORE than enough storage – particularly if you use 500 Gig drives (for 4 Terabytes of storage) – that’s a lot of storage for DVCProHD. But a safer solution is to do as Walter suggested – a Fibre Channel solution with some sort of RAID protection IF YOU ARE DOING UNCOMPRESSED HD – Walter uses Medea, I like HUGE Systems, some like Apple Xserve RAID, but they all work.
Again, if you simply list the VTR that you are going to use, it will be so much easier to say how you should proceed.
Bob Zelin
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Hi Jan –
I can’t wait to see what you wind up doing, because the generic “hi end” readers of this forum use products form Blackmagic, AJA, Aurora, Bluefish, AVID, Sony, etc. and most are not involved with the expensive equipment from Quantel and Discreet (like the Inferno, or eQ or other very expensive products). So if the Blackmagic 4:4:4 card just doesn’t cut it for you, I am very curious to find out what you wind up using to accomplish your job. For most of “us” the Decklink HD Pro 4:4:4 is “as good as it gets”.Bob Zelin
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before I give you a rediculous answer that will not answer your question properly, please tell me the EXACT VTR MODEL # that you plan to digitize from. Will it be a Panasonic AJ-HD1200A, or 1700A, or will it be one of the D5 VTR’s. All of this will affect my answer to you.
Bob Zelin
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David –
the solution to your “isolation rack box with no rear rack rails” is easily resolved.
Middle Atlantic and Raxxess sells rack rail that can easily be screwed into your
iso rack box, so you can properly mount your K-Box.the Middle Atlantic RRF-2 is a 2 rack unit rail rail kit, that costs about $6.00 (six dollars US) that you can get from http://www.markertek.com, and you will have a properly mounted K-Box. You use generic 1/2″ wood screws to mount the rack rail into your iso rack box.
Bob Zelin
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you will suffer with ANY firewire device plugged in while the AJA I/O is plugged in at the same time. This applies to firewire cameras, drives, etc. as well. You can get a firewire patch bay, you can get a firewire AB box, you can get a third party Firewire 400 card to plug into one of the slots, or you can simply UNPLUG one of the devices while you use the Tascam or I/O. No biggie.
Bob Zelin