Sorry to belabour this...

[Jim Blokland] " If I buy a Matrox MX02 mini, will it be able to monitor these codecs in both FCP or AVID?"

Yup. Currently doing that myself. Avid MC5 and FCP 7. Same drive...same MXO2 Mini. Currently they both require the same OS and QT versions. That might change soon, which is why I often have Avid and FCP on separate drive partitions.


[Jim Blokland] "Both to a 1080p display, as well as an SD downconvert to my Sony PVM monitor?"

HDMI out to a 1080p display in HD. Component or composite out, downconverted, to a PVM monitor. Yup, at the same time. If the HD monitor lacks HDMI, and only has Component and SDI...well, then it won't work. The MXO2 Mini does not have SDI out, and the Composite connection is part of the Component connection. I wonder, does it have S=Video? I'll have to look.

Shane



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I haven't had a side-by-side comparison, but I have HDMI going to my HDTV, and Composite going to my 9" monitor. Looks good. Even tried it on my 14" Sony...looks good.

Shane



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Thanks for the votes of confidence, guys. I'm picking one up tomorrow!

Two last questions: what OS is the best for AVID/FCP7? Are the audio issues in FCP a thing of the past?

Best, JIM.

OSX.5.6
Dual 2.7 G5
5.5 GB RAM
Radeon X800 XT
Kona 2 / K-Box
Seritek 1.5 TB RAID
AVID XPRESS PRO/MOJO