[Samer Mahmoud]

you mean use the 2 titan i have with deluxe? or with the X99 E MB? cause as i noticed it could be the best option since it has 4 PCIE runing at x16

maybe 2 titan is good option since i already have them , and i dont think i need more for 2k workflow, right?

[Samer Mahmoud]

Jo, the DreamColor is ok when im feeding it from Matrox MXO2, the problem is when i feed the Monitor from Decklink card, and when i feed a consumer monitor from Decklink via HDMI its ok, thats why i was thinking DeckLink HDMI out is only RGB or something that only works with consumer monitors not with the Dreamcolor which calibrated to rec 709 and using video levels.

i order blackmagic mini converter SDI to HDMI, i hope it works. im not welling to invest a high end grading monitor now, im only doing stuff for TV and my old panasonic was doing great job for few years before it pass away, and i had to act quick and get monitor for good price, but if this didnt work, now i have saved some, so i can get a better monitor, i heard about BON , not sure about the price, but they have a reseller here in Lebanon, wish FSI has. do you think the FSI AM Series? are they good enough for Grading? or i have to go into the CM series? if i could manage to get an FSI with a friend coming from USA.

sorry , too many questions 😀 you know how things get when you have a major issue and u want to fix quick 🙁

[Samer Mahmoud]

Marc i believe and agree with you for sure, but since i already has it and cost me 1600$ (shipping + Taxes to Lebanon).

im trying to solve the problem. as i mentioned before, the monitor colors looks perfect on Broadcast, and the signal coming from Matrox card is correct (since its the same i see on TV when they broadcast the video. and almost the same on more than one devices)

my question is, why only the signal coming from the BlackMagic card looks different??? the red is dark with some blue to which gives it something between red and violet color.

note that when i connect the HDMI to a consumer monitor out from blackmagic, the red is normal. so its not the BM Decklink card, not the cable, the Dream color works fine with Matrox. so im assuming it might be the HDMI signal coming out of BM Decklink is RGB signal not YUV.
any idea if Decklink HDMI out is RGB or YUV ? if it was RGB, then i might only need HD-SDI to HDMI converter to Feed the monitor with YUV signal.

[Samer Mahmoud]

its calibrated using the Dreamcolor calibration tool, im planing to get FSI when i save some money. its only about 7000 i know, but to ship it over here (Lebanon) plus taxes, it will be like 10000$ 🙁 i grade mostly music videos, so i guess its not worth to invest in FSI now thats why i went to HP, i seen lots of people using it for grading with decent results.

the signal coming out from the Matrox MXO2 Rack, is the same image i see on TV when my video is on broadcast.

my problem is with the signal coming from the Blackmagic design Decklink. and specially in Red channel, its too dark a bit looks wine color.

while from Matrox it looks pure Red, just as i see on Tv broadcast, as i see on my iphone, or any other computer screen or broadcast screen.

both signals HDMI signals. i was wondering if hdmi signal from Declink is not YUV so i need to go SDI out into mini converter to get HDMI out signal. just wondering.

NB, any advice of a low cost monitor that easy to be calibrated? i see recently people using panasonic plasma and add the SDI option to it.

[Samer Mahmoud]

hi Sascha, do you mind provide what hardware you are using for your hackintosh? is davinci working real time?

[Samer Mahmoud]

hey Glenn, may i ask what setup you have? board,cpu, gpus… thanks

[Samer Mahmoud]

hi prathvish hegde , may i bother you with some questions? thanks.
i have macpro 4,1 early 2009, 8 cores, 32 GB rams, Quadro K5000 4GB. looking to upgrade so i can work faster on resolve, was thinking to upgrade the mac to 12 cores (already have 2 xeon processoers, need to upgrade the firmware first) and i have 2 GTX titan super colocked EVGA.
how is that working for u in cubix? im talking about real time and how many nodes and the noise reduction thing.

thanks man

[Samer Mahmoud]

i have the same issue, and im really pissed off. i had to pay extra to ship this monitor overseas. i have the calibration tool and same issue, the image is reddish, still have one thing to try and sadly it will cost me money too, which is to get SDI to HDMI converter,

[Samer Mahmoud]

hi khashyar, finally someone about to say something about Dreamcolor z27x, is it working fine as a reference monitor? im thinking to get one to use with Davinci Resolve, cause if its good price, since im in lebanon and to get FSI or Sony would cost double the price in USA 🙁 so its much less to buy HP Dreamcolor and ship it over here, but im still not sure how good it can be for color grading. are u using SDI to HDMI converted to get the 10 bits signal? hope you have answers for my questions, thanks.

[Samer Mahmoud]

thanks chris, that was much help, i guess i will go for asus as well and get i7 2011 for now, hopefully it will be enough for 2k grading with the 2 Titan 6GB i have for processing, usually i limit my timeline for 1080 since its what i deliver when im done and my displays support 1080 not 2K