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Originally posted by Swampfox Is this standardized? Is it firewire? SM |
Originally posted by [email protected] Guys - help me out here. The reason SDI is used in broadcast is not because of quality - it is because of quality over *distance*. I have spoken with broadcast technicians on this SDI issue on DVD and they keep bringing it back to: "Who cares if it's SDI - you are still using the compressed video version of the data. SDI is only ever needed to maintain signal quality over distance - it won't make any difference because you are accessing the digital data only after compression." So, is this view correct? And has anyone ever done an A/B comparison between SDI and the 'traditional' video feeds. Max Christoffersen |
Originally posted by [email protected] I think the pro guys are saying; "Compressed DVD is a crappy source anyway..you're rearranging the deck-chairs on the Titanic..what you really want is access to the bit-stream before it is compressed." Max Christoffersen www.audioenz.co.nz |
The theory sounds right on the money - one less conversion step *should* make a difference; but *really* - do we have any shots in the forum of side-by-side SDI vs analogue? |
Originally posted by MrWigggles Glimmie, Do you mean 10 mbs with the SDI overhead? Otherwise 10mbs is a little on the high side for an "average" figure. -Mr. Wigggles |