[Tracey Dunn]

Well, now I have 3 choices!
Can’t ask for much more than that.
Thanks again.

Now I’m wondering what the overscan percentages are and do they vary!
…….Funny how the mind works.

“Learning is limitless”
Nick Nolte

[Tracey Dunn]

David,
Thank you.
So what do Sharp and some of the other manufacturers of high end consumer TVs
mean with this claim?
Also, my “for broadcast” supplied tape will also show the shadow, but when viewed
overscan will again CMA?
Just checking
Many thanks,
T.

[Tracey Dunn]

I might be wrong, but didn’t the XL1 just put black bands at the top and bottom of the screen in the viewfinder to simulate 16×9? In effect it’s still a 4×3 image and it’s carrying that over to the window. Unless you used an anamorphic lens, the image isn’t really anamorphic to the computer.
Just a thought.

[Tracey Dunn]

Gentlemen,
In reading the response to the HD/SD cost issue and buying a Kona2 card instead of an IO if very little work is being done in HD, I find Bob Zelin’s answer a little accusatory. I spent considerable time debating which way to go as far as the video input card is concerned. I looked at Blackmagic,Aurora & Digital Voodoo before deciding on AJA products, but I bought the Kona 2 because it’s the only card that I am aware of right now that upconverts from SD to HD in real time. The JVC engineer, with whom I spoke informed me that the SD signal upconverts exceedingly well to HD and has even been upconverted to projected 35mm film as an experiment, and also does quite well. Yes I know D9 isn’t state of the art, but it was a large outlay initially so I’d like to get some longevity out of it. I have a true 16×9 image in the viewfinder, add a black net over the back of the lens, some ND filters, warm cards, good lighting, loose compression, decks that can output a 10 bit signal, a video card that upconverts in real time, and a computer that can output an HD DVD, and some software, and I don’t have to see my bank manager for a while.
The other reason I went with AJA?
They were the only people who answered the phone!
Regards,
Tracey