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Old October 15th, 2012, 10:21 AM   #1
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HD-SDI input

What are the various devices needed to get HD SDI into a MBPro? And further...

I'm looking to get a Laptop either PC or Mac that can do three things. Live WF/Vect scoping of HD-SDI, use something like Playback Pro or QLab , or if there is one, a PC equivalent for show playback and third, the ability to edit using Premiere Pro's MPE(mercury playback engine). Hopefully, the laptop is at $1,000 or under and can and probably will be bought used. I'm a little nervous about the newer MBPros as I've heard they are having build quality issues, and the are a bit pricey, a 2011 15" MBPro seems to fetch around $1,500.00, especially if it has the Radeon card that is approved by Adobe for the MPE in PPro. Any thoughts?
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Old October 15th, 2012, 10:28 AM   #2
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Re: HD-SDI input

If you just need to get basic HD-SDI in, you can use something as simple as a Blackmagic Mini Recorder ($139), connected via thunderbolt.

I can't say that we've heard of any build issues with the newer macbook pros, and they're great performers. I certainly wouldn't recommend buying a machine without thunderbolt, at the bare minimum.

Others can probably chime in with other recommendations on good Premiere configs.

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Old October 20th, 2012, 07:21 PM   #3
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If your MBP has Thunderbolt, you can use an AJA Io Xt or one of several Black Magic Intensity or Ultra Studio products, or Matrox MXO Mini Max.
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Old October 21st, 2012, 08:22 AM   #4
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If you just need to get basic HD-SDI in, you can use something as simple as a Blackmagic Mini Recorder ($139), connected via thunderbolt.
...which doesn't ship for another month, according to the backorder list that I'm on.
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Old October 21st, 2012, 08:24 AM   #5
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We've heard that Adorama has already shipped at least one batch.
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Old October 21st, 2012, 08:39 AM   #6
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Thanks Colin--up until a few days ago even the BM site was listing it as not being on sale yet, but they have since updated. BH is indicating backorder until 11/15. But Adorama seems to have them in stock. Good info.
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Old October 21st, 2012, 12:24 PM   #7
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or rather: Adorama lets you place the order and then an hour later emails you to say that its backordered. sigh.
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Old October 22nd, 2012, 11:32 AM   #8
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As OP, I apologize for the delayed response, I've been slammed on back to back shows. Thanks for all the info. I'm assuming that for my specs, at the very least a 2011 MBPro is needed, guessing $1,200 or more. So how come, when you want your laptop to do merely everything, it always costs more? ;-)

Understand that I was looking at a USB 3 computer, an MSI that met my requirements that was only $700 used, but there is no Playback Pro wquivalent software for the PC. This all, BTW, is for my work as a Video Engineer/TD/Hi-Rez switcher for live events.
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