[Whit Wales]

Luke,

Indeed, I had been in contact with David Spoelstra, who advised an RMA.
The unit, my second, was sent back.
Mike Skriba was incredibly helpful in expediting the process.
In fact, I can say unequivocally, that everyone with whom I have dealt at BMD has been very attentive and very helpful.
Bottom line is that the new HD-Link arrived yesterday, audio issues gone – no more peachy pixels.
All is (knock on wood) well.
May the issues with my old unit help to improve the product, which right now is serving me very well.

All the best,

Whit

Whit Wales

[Whit Wales]

Hi Luke,

Thanks for your quick response.

I think I understand the value of the Decklink/HD Link combination in terms of being able to monitor HDV material once I’ve captured it, in order to see how it will look before output.

I guess what I was fishing for was – are there any other benefits in this equation? For example, will effects in FCP 5 be rendered any faster? Will the time to render and conform HDV be shorter? It appears that with the Decklink HD I can downconvert to SD in realtime? My question is, too, whether the card helps to accelerate mp2 conversion process in DVD authoring?

I’m guessing from your response to my first email that this is not the case, but that won’t stop me from hoping…

If I am hearing you correctly then, essentially, the utility of these two Blackmagic products will be simply to view a more accurate representation of HDV footage from my computer.

I look forward to your response.

Thanks,

Whit