Re: EX1 Firewire Question

[Stephen May] "As for DVCAM tape, here's the thing: If you're going to show your playback on a CRT which is interlaced, then trust me, it will look very good. Seriously."
DVCPro50 or DigiBeta will be better. File from Laptop to screen will be better. DV is just about worse possible choice and it's only use is if the only means of playback is DV deck.


[Stephen May] "I'm dumbfounded by the issues of HD flatpanels and their finite resolutions constricted by the pixels that struggle to present ratios and formats that do not exaclty match the resolution of the panel. Circles that looked smashed or systems that fill the panel at the cost of the truth of the ratio instead of letterboxing or whatever. It's as though we're being force-feed the flat panel, and for that matter, HD as well. Granted, I love the EX1 and I can vouch for the great quality of the high res after it's been downconverted, but what workload to always be converting everything down in a world where Blu-Ray isn't in everyones home or office. "

The issue is NOT the flatpanels it's the people who don't understand video. If you have HDTV then it's very easy to give it an HD source. Looks great (given proper setup). HD to HDTV requires very little work.

Heck I use DVI to HDMI to send from my computer to my HDTV. I can play the EX MOV file and don't need to do any conversion at all. It's what I do for client presentations in my office. Granted it's not an ideal color correction/accuracy but it there's NO REASON to mash your file at all. You can do the same thing with a laptop if you must be portable.


[Stephen May] "I watched a DVD (regular old DVD, Standard Def) of a John Mayer concert; Into The Light - fantastic set of the JMT with Pino Palladino, and it looke so good that I had to check out the workflow! Guess what? It was shot on film and converted."
And I'll bet anything it NEVER went to DV first as a source.

Start with the highest quality and use the most direct route. Avoid more than one lousy compression. Compressing an already compressed file is potential for serious degradation.