blackmagic decklink

[graymachine]

Hi all,

need your recommends, I m thinking of getting a blackmagic decklink 299US card for my tv preview from ae7. presently, I am using firewire > dv camera > TV, and the preview on tv is alwalys late by 2-3 secs, not really realtime. I am looking at the canopus box too, cheap then blackmagic by half. Or do you think a good graphic card with svideo output can solve the problem

Thanks

The graphic card with the S-Video out is going to be very inaccurate. I've tried this as a cheap solution at home, and it's next to useless. The color is way off, plus the built in "flicker filter" never seems to go away entirely.

I am not sure what kind of "realtime" you are looking for. My Blackmagic card usually doesn't do realtime interactions, and if it does.. it's at 1/2 or 1/4 resolution. If this is CPU dependent, maybe you'll have better luck. But for NTSC/PAL reference, it looks great.

[beenyweenies]

Hi all,

need your recommends, I m thinking of getting a blackmagic decklink 299US card for my tv preview from ae7. presently, I am using firewire > dv camera > TV, and the preview on tv is alwalys late by 2-3 secs, not really realtime. I am looking at the canopus box too, cheap then blackmagic by half. Or do you think a good graphic card with svideo output can solve the problem

Thanks

I agree with Graymachine. S-video previews are completely worthless, not even worth the time spent connecting the cables...

The $299 Blackmagic card is a great deal, but you have other options such as the Canopus advc100 or better. I have the advc100 for video preview on one of my machines, and it works pretty good - very decent color rendition but not good enough for fine color correction (especially since it runs to a regular TV). If you can afford it, I'd get the BM card and a true broadcast monitor.

[CGTalk Moderation]

This thread has been automatically closed as it remained inactive for 12 months. If you wish to continue the discussion, please create a new thread in the appropriate forum.