a couple of hd monitoring questions.....

ushere wrote on 1/2/2010, 10:53 PM
ok, bare with me (or should that be 'bear'?)

for sd i've happily been using my m15 for monitoring - to a 17" sony hr trinitron (switchable 4:3 / 16:9)

so far i've used my second lcd for hd work - with no problems, but i was wondering....

my first thought was to get a second nvidia card with component out and feed that to the trinnie monitor?

my second was to get a cheap lcd tv with hdmi, but i rather like the confidence i get from the picture on the trinnie(i KNOW for sure my colours, etc.,)

my third, and this is probably a non-starter, was i have a very nice sony dvd recorder with firewire in and component out. could i feed this a firewire single and use it as a transcoder to the monitor? (the m15 doesn't seem to work in this instance - then again, maybe firewire doesn't work like sd for monitoring? think i've been down this road with bob (farss) before, sorry if i have, but i don't remember the answer)

as i wrote, i'm loathed to let my trinnie go, even for hdv stuff, but i'm not sure what / which options are best suited to my situation.....

thoughts most welcome indeed.

leslie

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farss wrote on 1/2/2010, 11:37 PM
You cannot send HD down firewire for monitoring.
Think HDMI or HD SDI, that's your only choice that I know of.

Bob.
ushere wrote on 1/2/2010, 11:58 PM
thanks bob, somewhat sheepishly - i now remember you repeating it to me in a number of times. sorry, i can be both dense and forgetful at the same time (who says men can't do two things at once!).

looks like a lcd tv and second card.

thanks again....