I am wondering if a the Kramer VP 482 will work to do the same thing and if anyone has any experience with this unit ( ). I have seen the Matrox Unit that is recommended ( ) here also recommended other places. I am on the phone now with Blackmagic and they are sending me another DVI extender to make sure it’s not an issue with this unit, but I honestly don’t have high hopes for it. With the DVI Extender I had to unplug and re-plug in the input cable EVERYTIME in order to get the signal to show up. He told me to get the DVI extender ( ) as it would work to output the computer correctly to SDI. I first bought and tried the Blackmagic HDMI to SDI mini converter ( ) only to then after the fact find out that it couldn’t be used with computers or DVD Players due to copyright (so the Blackmagic tech told me). Switcher: Grass Valley Indigo with the HD-8 Acapella Upgrade (Basically its just the Indigo controlling the Acapella routers 8 HD SDI inputs). I am having issues very similar to the entire discussion above and wanted to get a little clarification/ask for some advice on what I need to get in order to correctly output a new iMac through SDI. Getting the Panasonic DVI option input card.

You would have still had the same problem, unless you wound up Next time – think Blackmagic all the way.Īnd yes, even if you had the more expensive So guess what, you now have to bo out any buy this –įor $995, and this will convert your Mac Book Pro DVI output to BUT NOOOOO – you had to get the more expensive AW-HS50N.Īs opposed to the ATEM Television Studio – It’s funny that if you had the MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE Blackmagic ATEM switcher, you could have simply used an DVI to HDMI cable, and it would have locked up your MacBook Pro. The Panasonic switcher won’t lock up to 60. The HDMI to SDI converter is not a scan converter and the output is not 59.94, it’s 60 from the MacBook Pro.

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