Re: video switcher

Not sure what your intentions are as far as monitor usage. I've worked on this switcher once, so I'm by no means an expert! That said, the switcher has a "Multi" output that sends a screen with 2 Larger Prgm & Prvw windows, and smaller windows for the inputs/cameras. A higlight box around the input windows tallys prvw and prgrm bussing. I would probably not use the Multi window to match cameras, but rather the old-fashioned vertical and horizontal wipes between the cameras off the program bus to match them, especially as I doubt you have an engineering rack with ccu's, waveform monitor, etc.

So if the Panasonic monitor has HD_SDI in, you can use the HD_SDI output that I believe is standard with the switcher. As you already figured out, you are going to have to match the input/output formats, (SDI, analog component, HDMI) with the switchers inputs and outputs and there are various 'conversion' boxes out there. However, I believe Panasonic makes a few different 'optional' boards that may be cheaper than buying a bunch of conversion boxes.

All in all, I liked the switcher. Hope my ramblings help :-)