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by Blase Theodore on May 11, 2010 at 5:25:18 pm |
Has anyone run across a good discussion on the digital signal options for our Panny TH plasmas?
I wish I had the confidence to put this to rest based on every other panel we've had this discussion for..
HDMI seems like the best option as:
1. Its native, and therefore has minimal signal processing.
2. Its free
HD/ SDI
1. Could have a higher data bandwidth than HDMI,
2. but it could also be bottlenecking at the card, or even degraded based on an 8 bit downconversion.
Dual link HD SDI
1. Guessing these are only 8 bit panels, so little visual gain to see?
Blase Theodore
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by walter biscardi on May 11, 2010 at 5:37:45 pm |
HD-SDI cards cost more than the plasma screen itself, or about the same price. That's why I don't bother with them. We currently run Component to all our screens.
They are 8bit screens.
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by Joseph Owens on May 11, 2010 at 7:29:40 pm |
The other issue is whether the output is running under ColorSync or not. Could be a lot of other issues besides gamma. HDMI would be coming out of the GPU instead of a proper 601/709 Video I/O card.
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by Joseph Owens on May 11, 2010 at 7:38:29 pm |
[walter biscardi] "Kona LHi has HDMI ou"
Is it processed HD-SDI --> HDMI or pass-thru?
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by walter biscardi on May 11, 2010 at 7:48:31 pm |
[Joseph Owens] "Is it processed HD-SDI --> HDMI or pass-thru?"
Don't honestly know, you'd have to ask AJA. The breakout box for the LHi features HDMI I/O.
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by Richard Cooper on May 11, 2010 at 8:55:06 pm |
We use the AJA HD/SDI to HDMI converter (AJA Hi5) from our Kona3 card and it is fantastic. And its only about $490.00. Way less expensive than an HD/SDI card for the Panny Plasma.
Richard Cooper
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by Nick Hasson on May 11, 2010 at 8:56:04 pm |
I run HD-SDI from the kona to a blackmagic HDlink Pro. That outputs HDMI and de-embeds the audio. Works great!
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by Parke Gregg on May 11, 2010 at 9:20:32 pm |
I too have had great results with the SDI -> HDMI route. I run SDI to my monitor and then from the monitor to a BlackMagic SDI to HDMI mini converter, then HDMI to the plasma. The mini converter also pulls the audio off the SDI and I run this to an amp and speakers that are better situated for client viewing. The other advantage is that the SDI output from my monitor switches to the input I have selected, so whatever I have on my grading monitor is also on the plasma.
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