[Paul Fischer]

[Brett_Howe] “As interesting as this looks, it seems a little on the rich side, compared to options from, say, Blackmagic.”

Hummm…I don’t know what Blackmagic hardware you are refering too!

Cause all of their HD cards have no analog inputs capabilities. You have to get the multibridge to get the analog I/O and HD support. That starts at $2500.

Or get a couple of converters to stick outside one of their SDI only cards but that is just messy. Not to mention the fact that in the end it would not be that much cheaper if at all!

Maybe I missed something. But the RT.X2 also gives you several codecs and realtime effects on top of that. It’s sounds like an AXIO for the masses. The price is in the ballpark of a Canopus, a bit cheaper actually and with analog component IN & OUT. So I can use it with beta decks today.

The really neat thing I find is that the RT.X2 let’s you connect a DVI monitor directly for HD monitoring. So no need to buy a HDLINK external converter or an expansive HD monitor. So it sounds like they really did the homework on HDV editing.

That is why it’s so weird it does not support 720P. I plan on asking what’s up with that!?