First feature, want to be prepared.

[USLatin]

This will be my first feature, provided everything remains on track, knock on wood.
So I would love to ask a few things before I embark onto it. BTW, it will be 1080p DVCpro HD from the HPX-170.

The first thing that comes to mind is storage. I now have two 640GB raid0's and two 320GB single drives internal. My guess is I have plenty provided I can clear all of it up for the project if need be. I was thinking about keeping it all in the raids and having an external back up, hopefully two. Right now I have a 1TB external that works as raid0 or raid1. I was thinking about using it as a raid1 which is what I normally do and getting a second one as I am starting to fill it up. The internals are all Seagate 7200.11 drives and the external is a WD consumer type hdd... if I needed more space I guess I could upgrade two of them to ES.2 1TB drives and sell the old ones or find an external enclosure and use them for backup if I am going to need that anyway.

[USLatin]

Second question, and the second thing that comes to mind is monitoring. I want to get a CC'ing production monitor on my station and the only one I can think of that I might be able to buy instead of rent is one of those used 20" CRT 4:3 Sony production Monitors... I can't remember the model number but they go as low as $800 when you find them. So I guess this question is, what is the model number for that monitor and the second part of the question is what card should I use so that I don't have to use the HVX as the digital to analog converter between the PC and the monitor.

[Richard J. Johnson]

keep us posted on the progress.

[USLatin]

Thanks for posting absolutely nothing so that all I see is your sig picture... kinds like saying: "You are TOAST dude!"

Hahaha... :thumbsup:

[David Jimerson]

If you're going to preview to an SD monitor, firewire is probably your best option. A card with, say, BNC or component connections is going to run you at least $800, if you can get it that cheap.

I personally have an Intensity Pro connected to a 32" LCD HDTV via HDMI. But it may not be what you're looking for if you want the production-studio quality of a pro CRT monitor.

[USLatin]

Well I remember hearing about and reading threads on these white little boxes... can't remember the brand names, but there were two of them. One was white, the other I think gray or yellow... can't remember. They were about $200, both of them were about the same. Would those work? I only need good color for CCing, though awesome is always better.
:)

And does anyone know which is the model number for the "good" Sony CRT? The one that goes for as low as $800... I remember it had 800 lines I think... and it was advertised as a 20" but in actuality it was only 19" viewable.



Oh! And just so that I don't forget: How could I preview the clips without any lag? Should I render sections and drop them on the timeline? It would have to be of the size that the monitor can display I guess and it would have to be into a codec that I can play back smoothly and that doesn't mess up the color... ?