Preview Monitor/Aquisition Laptop? at DVinfo.net

Tim Polster · February 29th, 2008, 04:51 PM

Hello,

How difficult would it be to have a laptop serve as a preview monitor and an HD-SDI aquisition recorder?

I know this does not exist now, but is it possible?

When I look at the Convergent Designs CF card HD-SDI recorder and many folks using LCDs as preview monitors, the best case scenario for field work would be a laptop that could do both.

If CF cards can be used, I would think that an internal hard drive could keep up with an HD-SDI stream?

It would be great if Sony could see this and make a laptop just for this purpose using the same codec that Convergent Designs is paying to use.

It would probably be less than $5,000 as well.

Just food for thought.

February 29th, 2008, 04:51 PM	#1
Tim Polster Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Arlington, TX Posts: 2,231	Preview Monitor/Aquisition Laptop? Hello, How difficult would it be to have a laptop serve as a preview monitor and an HD-SDI aquisition recorder? I know this does not exist now, but is it possible? When I look at the Convergent Designs CF card HD-SDI recorder and many folks using LCDs as preview monitors, the best case scenario for field work would be a laptop that could do both. If CF cards can be used, I would think that an internal hard drive could keep up with an HD-SDI stream? It would be great if Sony could see this and make a laptop just for this purpose using the same codec that Convergent Designs is paying to use. It would probably be less than $5,000 as well. Just food for thought.