If you have an HD-SDI signal running to your video village but can’t afford to buy or rent a true production monitor, AJA has a solution for you. Almost everyone has a computer monitor at their disposal – The AJA HD-SDI to DVI-D converter allows you to save a substantial amount of money and still get the remote monitoring you need. Clocking in under $600 and boasting a five year warranty, this converter allows you to maintain the ease of working BNC cabling (compared to clunky and thick HDMI cables).
I’ve owned this unit since late 2009 and have used it without issue every single time. I have run more than 75 feet of cable without the need for a signal booster. Obviously a computer monitor isn’t going to give you as accurate a color and image representation as a professional director’s monitor – but in terms of watching shot composition, actors’ performance, camera movement, etc this system does exactly what it needs to.
AJA offers a full line of signal conversion boxes – so even if this isn’t the right one for you, AJA probably makes whatever you need.
