The deck will make no difference what-so-ever. You will need a FCP set up with a Kona 3 card or something similar in order to take advantage of HD-SDI. Also, make sure your media drives are fast enough and with enough through-put to support HDCAM data rates.
Jim
Jim Carswell
Spyhop Productions, Inc.
Savannah, GA
http://www.spyhopproductions.com