Re: [Avid-L2] HD Monitoring

Matrox MXO2 Mini is about $445 and has HDMI or YUV. Even better, the AJA IOExpress, which is typically about $995, but I've seen it for less - has SDI and HDMI in and out. Those are the only 3rd-party hardware boxes right now. In theory, you should be able to add another graphics card, but it can be funky and I don't believe is officially supported. We had a Resolve (which uses two graphics cards) sharing a CPU with an Adrenaline, and the Adrenaline worked, but didn't like the second graphics card- especially during capture. Moving resolve to its own CPU- we went to Nitris DX and there certainly aren't enough slots for both.

If it's just monitoring, try the Matrox - anything more, IOExpress.

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On Jun 9, 2011, at 11:46 AM, Michael Kedor wrote:

> Hi Group,
>
> I searched the archives and didn't come up with anything current.
>
> I currently have a 2 monitor setup, and want to add a 3rd for client monitoring for my 8 core Mac Pro. I've looked at the Matrox boxes, and the Mojo is too expensive. I simply want monitoring. I'm not too concerned with deck outs, etc. I've seen some older setups where people used a second video card. This seems like the frugal way to go.
>
> Can someone suggest either a video card or a breakout box that I can send a full screen signal out to a third monitor 42" plasma that won't break my low budget freelancer bank?
>
> I'm running MC 5.0.3 (upgrading later this year)
>
> Thank you all for your gracious knowledge,
>
> mikedor
>
>

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