What are my HD monitoring options? How do I see my HD stuff on a TV like device?
Tricky. If you have HD video that’s shot on HDV or DVCPRO HD, you can get it into your computer via FireWire…but then it’s not simple to see it on a video monitor (not a computer monitor, where it will look entirely different due to brightness, contrast, gamma, white point, and other stuff you may not have heard of). HDV is the only HD format for which there is NO built in means of viewing your video on a video monitor (not a computer monitor) as you edit. So you have to use an AJA Kona2 or BlackMagic Design DeckLink HD card (there are several) in a Mac with PCI-X slots (older dual 2.0 GHz, or 2.3, 2.5, or 2.7 GHz dual G5s) to feed the signal out an HD-SDI interface. THEN the problem is connecting to an HD-SDI interface. Only professional grade studio monitors include this connector type, and it’s usually an add-on. A $2000-$3500 add-on. OUCH! Fortunately, the AJA Kona2 ($2500) and BMD DeckLink HD Pro ($2000) models both include SD/HD analog outputs. (This one feature makes the DeckL
