Robert Foote
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Well, if you are wanting to record or work with HD Video, your disc speed needs to be at least 7200rpm over the 5400 in this unit. I would go with 10Kif you can afford it but 7200 is a bare minimum. Preloaded with Windows 7 64 bit, it should work for you. But as with everything, “don’t take my word for it”, Blackmagic are the guys to ask.
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I did talk to HP about that with the workstation I ordered and they say yes no problem.
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Thanks that does help. I am using an HD_SDI convertor for the cameras, but are yiou saying I cant run HDMI from the laptop at the same time and have the switcher recognize it as a source? One I can just switch to if necessary? I am looking into the scaler now, i hope this works, kickoff in 2 weeks. Thanks
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I did not order the control panel but chose to go with software instead. Perhaps the control panel is compatible with windows 8? Unsure.
I did mean the usb3.0 to control the switcher. -
I see that and understand your confusion. I have spoken to them several times and they (BlackMagic) keep telling me that it is not compatible for Windows 8. I can see why we are confused as this piece does say it.
If you look at the support notes section for the atem1 they have a list of workstations notebooks etc. that are checked by them to work and they won’t offer any support for units that are not those. Strange. Let me know how it works out. -
I am not sure what you saw but Windows 8 is not supported for the ATEM1 switcher. I M going through this right now and it’s a bit of a headache.
I too bought a decent laptop to do this but it has windows 8 preloaded and Is useless. It will work right up until you plug in the USB3.0 and then you discover that it doesn’t work with the switcher. BlackMagic was not a lot of help here other than to tell me that the switcher is not supported by Windows 8. I have ended up going with an HP workstation (the Z620) and it should be here in a few days. This is on the BlackMagic site as a tested and certified unit for the ATEM1.