From: Jeff Kreines (email suppressed)
Date: Mon Jan 17 2005 - 12:00:37 PST
On Jan 17, 2005, at 11:02 AM, shelly silver wrote:
> is there any hd delivery format at the moment outside of HDCAM and
> those lovely but expensive sony decks? the hdv/blueray formats
> aren't out yet are they?
Actually, HDCam is not a very good format, despite what Sony says.
HDCam SR is good, but even more expensive. But, of course it's
radically better than NTSC.
>
> i have an installation where the finished video is on HDCAM. but
> alas, the budget at several venues won't support the rental/purchase
> of these very expensive decks. the video also exists in good 'ol
> ntsc dv but the image is not quite as....detailed.
Yes, there is a cheaper way of doing this. Requires a computer...
Get a Blackmagic Decklink HD card (doesn't need to be the pro version)
for $595, put it in a Mac G5 dual processor machine ($2500-3000) and
add a SATA array ($ depends on how long the program is). This can be
used to play back a Quicktime or other HD file -- which can be
compressed or not compressed (some of the compression codecs will be
fine for playback, and let you get away with cheap disks, and fewer
disks -- you'll need to test).
If you need to drive any device (projector, LCD monitor -- and there
are lots of 1920 x 1080 or 1920 x 1200 LCDs out there, starting around
$1500 for a 23" and soon (March) $2495 for a 37") with a DVI port, the
$595 Blackmagic Designs HDLink will do just that.
They make great, simple stuff that works. You may need Final Cut Pro
to prepare stuff, but that's cheap too.
And, at the end of this, you end up with an editing system you can use,
not a soon-to-be-obsolete deck.
Jeff Kreines
Kinetta
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