Jeff Kosmicki
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We had the Sony Bravia 40″ and MB extreme, we never could get DVI to HDMI connection to work properly. We tried working with Blackmagic tech support to resolve the issue, they concluded it was a Sony issue. We then tried a Sharp LCD and a Samsung plasma, neither of those seem to work either. We concluded it was a Blackmagic problem, and since they don’t recognize it as a problem we figured it would never be fixed, so we got a Dell 24″ to connect to the DVI (which works great) and connected the Samsung to the component output.
We found the Sony Bravia had a audio sync issue of about half a second (picture delayed from audio). This is definately a problem with the TV. We tried working with Sony on the problem, but they were clueless.
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Another quick workaround is to move the DV clip with that needs rendering up or down one pixel, this will also reverse the dominance.
Jeff Kosmicki
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What we have done is run the Y/C in/out of a S-VHS deck we are using into the Y/C connections on our PVW-2800 Beta SP deck. Our Beta deck is connected to the DeckLink card via component. When we need to capture from VHS, we simply switch the Beta deck input to s-video (a simple switch on the front of the deck) and go. All of the video in and out of the DeckLink card is handled through the Beta component connection. You do need to gen-lock the s-video source if you run it through the Beta deck, we use a TBC with Y/C connections for this.
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A tech from Black Magic told me they have a Panasonic TV in house that works fine for them. I don’t know what model/type, but I’m guessing they all use the same HDMI format so you will probably be OK.
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I case anyone is interested, this is what I found. The Sony Bravia KDL TVs do not work with MultiBridge. It seems to be an issue with the HDMI versions. Black Magic uses the current HDMI 1.3A standard, while Sony is using the older 1.0. Although it should be backward compatible, it does not seem to be in this case. So what happens is, any format the MultiBridge outputs through the DVI connection, the Sony TV sees as 1080i, and in doing so incorrectly interprets the image making it look bad. It’s too bad because the Bravia KDL have better specs then the Panasonic Pro HD monitors, does true 1920×1080, and has a full assortment of professional controls/adjustments including individual RGB color space settings.
Jeff Kosmicki
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No, but I found it happens with SD-SDI only, if I switch to an HD source it’s fine. I have tried other HDMI sources (both SD and HD) into the monitor and it’s been fine. The monitor is the Sony Bravia 40″ LCD that does full 1080×1950.
Jeff Kosmicki
http://www.toyraygun.net