barlowj331 Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Hi,I'm looking for a device which will take in 2 x DVI and 2 x SDI and switch between them ideally with the overall output on DVI.I've had a look around Kramer and Extron but not really sure I could spot the right thing.Budget is around the £500 mark, second hand could also be an option. similarly compromising on inputs could also be an option to help the budget. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete McCrea Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Think you'll struggle to get close to that connector count with that budget. Even on eBay, something like a used Barco Presentation Pro HD which only has one of each input seems to go for over £1500... http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=321671068651 The issue is the HDSDI inputs that push the cost up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barlowj331 Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 It was kind of what I expected. The HD part was mainly a future proofing exercise but not essential. So any suggestions with VGA and SD inputs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter F Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 It was kind of what I expected. The HD part was mainly a future proofing exercise but not essential. So any suggestions with VGA and SD inputs? If you have a bit of flexibility with sources, how about this? SDI and HDMI inputs. ATEM Television Studio List price £665 Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsabre Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 It was kind of what I expected. The HD part was mainly a future proofing exercise but not essential. So any suggestions with VGA and SD inputs? If you have a bit of flexibility with sources, how about this? SDI and HDMI inputs. ATEM Television Studio List price £665 The Atem TVS is a good vision mixer but the big gotcha is it does not do scaling, all sources and outputs must be exactly the same format or you get no picture.This normally causes trouble when someone walks up with a laptop and wants to plug it in, but if your setup is very fixed it might be a good solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter F Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 The Atem TVS is a good vision mixer but the big gotcha is it does not do scaling, all sources and outputs must be exactly the same format or you get no picture.This normally causes trouble when someone walks up with a laptop and wants to plug it in, but if your setup is very fixed it might be a good solution. Oops! Completely forgot this massive limitation. Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete McCrea Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 …. So any suggestions with VGA and SD inputs? As in SD-SDI, or Composite video SD? There's usually one or two extron units on ebay with varying I/O that might fit the bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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