[Jeremy Peplow]

Thanks again, Jeff! You have helped immensely!

[Jeremy Peplow]

Jeff,

I can’t thank you enough for all your expertise with the Matrox. One last question…So the breakout box component out is the full 1920 X 1080 HD Signal? I read something about watching an HD project on an SD monitor so I assumed that component out was SD. Thanks again! I’m going to shoot for the Axio but with these challenging economic time I may have to settle for the RT.X2

Jeremy

[Jeremy Peplow]

Thanks so much for your reply, Jeff. We’re neighbors! I’m in Clearwater.

I had a feeling the Matrox would be the best solution. And thanks for shedding some light on the RT.X2 using XDCAM in 1440 X 1080. Now my question for external monitoring. I understand the RT.X2 gives you a full 1920×1080 output for live monitoring via a DVI out. If it down res the XDCAM content to 1440 X 1080 what is it spitting out at 1920 X 1080?

Also, the Matrox sites recommend using an inexpensive LCD display like a Dell monitor but I want to spit it out to my 50″ 1080P LCD display. This display has a DVI input and I’m wondering if I’ll get the full HD res I’m looking for out of this card.

One more question…working with the native MPEG HDV files, SD AVI files, and XDCAM MP4 files on the same time line, is the Matrox wrapping these files in it’s own codec? I don’t understand how it can read all these different formats and play them back in real time. There has to be a catch.

My end product ranges. I normally make material that goes out for broadcast in SD or straight to the web or to DVD. However, I often have to turn over HD files of commercials to some national broadcast entities.

Thanks for your time…

Jeremy