>I just want the best quality picture...
If you want "best" then yes, run a cable to your tower and capture Uncompressed HD
>So am I better off recording to the sxs (sony ex1) and forget about using the mxo2? or am I getting a better picture using the mx02 and recording using "maxtor apple pro res 4:2:2 (lt)" am I keeping the 4:2:2 color space? Like I said I do chromakeying all day long.
If you record to SxS and thereafter ingest/capture from those recordings then you are of course committing to the in camera compression quality ie you can change to an intermediate compression after the fact but the quality will always be limited by that of the original capture format. That said, the XDCAM EX1's 35 Mb/s VBR (4:2:0) codec produces very nice clean images which are arguably fine for keying ... what is much more important for the quality of your key is your lighting skill. As someone who does a lot of chromakeying then I'm guessing you probably know this only too well already. Beyond that, yes you are quite right that a 4.2.2 codec will preserve more chroma detail in the compressed image and that'll make your keys that much easier to pull. DVCPRO HD is a 4:2:2 codec that is a tried and tested that should perform well for you, the same goes for ProRes 422 LT although
a recent post suggests to me that the former might be a better choice for keying.
>WTF!!! 1080p aint supported?
Nope. True 1080p has never been supported on the MXO2. At this point in time its only 1080i and 1080PsF.
