Mladen Erjavec
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[Craig Meadows] “.does it suck that something newer and better was soon available at similiar or lower cost?….yep!”
What should I say? I bought KONA 2 just two weeks back and received AJA HD10a converter just now… so I payed 3000 US or more for functionality AJA is selling now for 1700 …
But am I pissed? no. Just one job this week payed for KONA 2 and much more. This dillema is as old as computers… there will always be faster and better model in few months. Just buy what you need and when you need it.
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[gary adcock] “These conversions are best done by hardware. all of the HDV camera offer Component video out. that is the best you are going to get out of the camera — why not use it? “
I’ve just got AJA HD10a just for that purpose. But am I right in assuming that I can’t transfer the timecode together with the video using component? That’s why I’m looking at hdv-to-hd sdi converters.
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Thank you very much Gary – this is the answer that I was looking for. It is funny, though, that Blackmagic does list 1080i/50 on their products, and KONA 2 doesn’t… For people like me who’re only moving to HD now and are still bit confused this would be a deal-breaker…
1080i/50 is the standard of choice in Europe (I know of at least 2 cable channels) and also here in Qatar for the new Aljazeera International – so it’s not only HDV, is it?
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Thanks garry. But in this case I’d be editing HDV and I’m not quite so happy to do that. AJA support guy recommended to capture DVCproHD instead using analog-to-HD SDI converter and work in that space. I also thing this is better solution, especially for graphics, colour correction etc. But AJA support guy stopped responding his email when I asked can I do 1080i/50…. funny and everyone here is raving about their support…