Jeff Brown
12-10-2005, 08:35 AM
Chaps,
I'm putting together a system spec to buy for making indy films (shorts and features). Here's a couple of queries:
1. HD monitoring - am I right in thinking that a Decklink HD / HDLink and Dell 24" still isn't up to scratch for colour correction etc? I want a stand alone system in and out without relying on using an external facilities house).
In this scenario am I better off getting a HD Crt? Anyone got any opinions on the JVC DT-V100CG 10" HD Monitor ?http://www.planetdv.net/Content/Video%5FOutput%5FMonitors/
Cost is an issue here/ what are the alternatives?
2. Hard drive playback. If I get a G5 with a sonnet card and a couple of 500 gig drives (un raided) will that suffice for DVCproHD playback? (at this point it's only for HVX and not uncompressed).
3. If the drives are unraided what kind of throughput can I expect for DVCprohd - ie how many continuous streams? What is the playback sustained bandwidth required? Am I going to need to Raid to take advantage of the RT scaling in FCP (or is that only really for uncompressed HD)?
4. Quad vs Dual - For the DVCproHD codec using FCP (and occasional motion/graphics etc) do I really need the quad? Besides futureproofing and quicker renders is there any need? (I'm not a facility house and I stop for lots of tea breaks anyway...)
Sorry if this has been answered before (I've searched here and all over the web but I'm new to this. If I was American I'd say I was an HD virgin about to go to the Technology Prom and bust my Mac cherry. But I'm not so I won't. I've never been to a Prom.
Any feedback greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Jeff
I'm putting together a system spec to buy for making indy films (shorts and features). Here's a couple of queries:
1. HD monitoring - am I right in thinking that a Decklink HD / HDLink and Dell 24" still isn't up to scratch for colour correction etc? I want a stand alone system in and out without relying on using an external facilities house).
In this scenario am I better off getting a HD Crt? Anyone got any opinions on the JVC DT-V100CG 10" HD Monitor ?http://www.planetdv.net/Content/Video%5FOutput%5FMonitors/
Cost is an issue here/ what are the alternatives?
2. Hard drive playback. If I get a G5 with a sonnet card and a couple of 500 gig drives (un raided) will that suffice for DVCproHD playback? (at this point it's only for HVX and not uncompressed).
3. If the drives are unraided what kind of throughput can I expect for DVCprohd - ie how many continuous streams? What is the playback sustained bandwidth required? Am I going to need to Raid to take advantage of the RT scaling in FCP (or is that only really for uncompressed HD)?
4. Quad vs Dual - For the DVCproHD codec using FCP (and occasional motion/graphics etc) do I really need the quad? Besides futureproofing and quicker renders is there any need? (I'm not a facility house and I stop for lots of tea breaks anyway...)
Sorry if this has been answered before (I've searched here and all over the web but I'm new to this. If I was American I'd say I was an HD virgin about to go to the Technology Prom and bust my Mac cherry. But I'm not so I won't. I've never been to a Prom.
Any feedback greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Jeff