What do you use to preview HD on Vegas7 ? I tried to buy Blackmagic Design card or AJA card and they told me that they don't support Vegas anymore.
And that's very disappointing. I have a big HD project and I need to preview it on external lcd monitor, Is there any other alternative just for External previewing HD on Vegas7.

You can use your camcorder as a pass through via the firewire.

Thanks Ron, That's not a bad idea , but I am looking for a long term solution.

What do you use to preview HD on Vegas7 ? I tried to buy Blackmagic Design card or AJA card and they told me that they don't support Vegas anymore.
And that's very disappointing. I have a big HD project and I need to preview it on external lcd monitor, Is there any other alternative just for External previewing HD on Vegas7.

Don't know where you got that info, but the AJA Xena is supported in Vegas as well as the BMD HD/SDI cards. I have both. BMD keeps changing out their drivers, so Vegas isn't always up to date, but both are supported and marketed as such.
Needless to say, neither product would be used for an LCD monitor anyway.
Use the second head on your video card for DVI output to an LCD monitor.

Thanks Douglas, I got the info from BMD dealer and they called BMD support to confirm that they don't support Vegas any more they even told me I will be better off switching to Premiere beacuse Vegas users only represent 1-3 % of the market and it is not worth thier investment.
I do use two monitors for editing on Vegas and I need the External monitor to preview HD. Why Will I not be able to view it on HD TV ?

they even told me I will be better off switching to Premiere beacuse Vegas users only represent 1-3 % of the market and it is not worth thier investment.

That argument didn't exactly stop Apple.

I don't think HDV will actually pass through by fire wire, except in final export to tape, which would be monitorable.

Thanks Douglas, I got the info from BMD dealer and they called BMD support to confirm that they don't support Vegas any more they even told me I will be better off switching to Premiere beacuse Vegas users only represent 1-3 % of the market and it is not worth thier investment.
I do use two monitors for editing on Vegas and I need the External monitor to preview HD. Why Will I not be able to view it on HD TV ?

1. I do have external preview for HD. Both SDI and component to HD display.
2. Simon from BMD has different info, unless it's changed in the past 30 days. Either way, doesn't matter. AJA does a much better job with Vegas, their drivers don't change every week, and it's rock solid. I've quite using BMD in all but one system simply because I gave up always trying to be updated and finding out that the new drivers broke my system.

Thanks Douglas, I got the info from BMD dealer and they called BMD support to confirm that they don't support Vegas any more they even told me I will be better off switching to Premiere beacuse Vegas users only represent 1-3 % of the market and it is not worth thier investment.



I'd be curious about the source of that statistic.

I don't think HDV will actually pass through by fire wire.....

Has anyone tried this ?

I was thinking of getting a 26" HDTV to serve as my external monitor for color correction via firewire. I can't afford a real calibrated monitor, so the idea of an HDTV came up. Should I connect via the firewire or my video card ?

Has anyone tried this ?

I was thinking of getting a 26" HDTV to serve as my external monitor for color correction via firewire. I can't afford a real calibrated monitor, so the idea of an HDTV came up.

I just tried it with my H1 through fire wire and from the camera to component HD display and did not work !! and that is a bummer !! I was hoping that will work.

If you have an HDTV with an HDMI input couldnt you connect that to the second input on your graphics card via a DVI to HDMI cable/adapter?

My video card has a dual output. I think I gonna drag my pc, monitor, keyboard and mouse into my living room. My HDTV is a few years old and has a DVI input............

OK, HDTV connected to the 2nd output on my video card works.

Which is better for HD color correction previewing via the video card, a LCD computer monitor or LCD HDTV ? Finished product will be viewed on an HDTV.

OK, HDTV connected to the 2nd output on my video card works.

Which is better for HD color correction previewing via the video card, a LCD computer monitor or LCD HDTV ? Finished product will be viewed on an HDTV.

So you use one monitor for editing and the 2nd is your HDTV. and on Vegas Preview device you have Windows secondary display selected ! So if you edit with two monitors you will lose the 2nd one for the HDTV display.

Currently I only have 1 monitor. I am thinking an accurate HD preview monitor might be more important than having the 2nd monitor for extra editing workspace.

OK, HDTV connected to the 2nd output on my video card works.

Which is better for HD color correction previewing via the video card, a LCD computer monitor or LCD HDTV ? Finished product will be viewed on an HDTV.
Whichever one is calibrated properly.

Thanks, Doug. 1 last question, the computer monitor I'm considering is a 24" 1920x1200 Dell and the LCD HDTV is 26" 1080i Toshiba. Does the extra resoluton of the computer monitor matter ? Both cost < $800.

Hi Spot. May I ask what is the best size for the 2nd monitor to edit m2t 1440x1080i? I have a 17inch now and I was thinking of upgrading to something bigger. The biggest I can afford now is a 20" unfortunately but a 19" is nice for the pocket