[Bahram Gueranfar] "Basically my question is: How long will be the shelf life of the KONA 3? Is it better to invest in the LH for the mean time?"
As long as there are PCIe machines, the Kona 3 will be useful. We're still running a 3 year old Kona 2 on HD Documentaries for BluRay and HD Broadcast. That card has paid for itself several times over.
We also have two Kona 3's and 2 HD10AVA converters for our HDV decks so we can ingest them directly through the Kona 3.
The big thing you lose with the LHe is the ability to upconvert from SD sources. This is huge in our everyday workflow. Also, the ability to cross-convert 720 to 1080 or vice versa is huge for us as well. This allows us to edit 720 programs natively, then simply convert our timeline to 1080i in realtime during mastering.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.
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