HMC150 HDMI vs RCA?

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Tass

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Hi

Just wanted to hear your opinion regarding the HDMI and the RCA outputs on the HMC/HPX. We have a monitor, it has only HDMI inputs. The HDMI cable is a bit to stiff and thick, so we we're thinking on connecting it through the RCA input on the camera and go with a HDMI to RCA connector to the monitor.

Would the image quality degrade on the monitor or would it be the same as the HDMI?

Thanks!
 
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I'd be interested in hearing your results with this. Composite (RCA) is old and normally gives VHS quality...I'm not sure what the output resolution of the 150 is on this port, but I'm also positive it will be nowhere near HD.

Try hooking it up to a TV using both ports and see the difference. I might actually do this myself.
 
It would most definitely be a difference. What monitor are you using? Some do have resolutions of only 480 anyways so there isn't a 'huge' difference - but personally I would 100% stick with HDMI.
 
RCA and S-Video connections will not support HD resolutions. You need component, HDMI or HD-SDI to get HD resolution.
 
Well if it would work it would be much easier as you could skip to have a thick cable from the back of the camera to the front. I'm so scared, almost paranoid, of bending the HDMI cable in the camera as it might break... This monitor's actual resolution is 800x480 but can display via HDMI up tp 1080x1920... I did some reading and it seems like you can just get a cable that has RCA on one end and HDMI on the other... You need some card/adapter in between or something like that...

This might be a case for Barry Green?
 
RCA is standard-def composite video only. Pretty much the lowest-quality video signal ever made. If you want HD, you want HDMI or component. Does your monitor take component input? The component cable is far more flexible than many/most HDMI cables...
 
The question is why panny chose to have the RCA connectors on the HMC as the camera only shoots in HD, I can understand the HVX/HPX as it has SD options, but the HMC dosen't...
 
Because composite video is still very much a part of the professional workflow. Most Steadicams have composite inputs on their monitors. Most monitors on jib arms have composite inputs. It's much easier (and, frankly, more reliable) to run a fifty-foot composite video cable than it is to try to run HDMI that same distance.

It's not the highest quality signal out there, by far, but it's there and it works.
 
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