u/rphilip

TLDR: What's out there for "reasonable" down converters in quantity of 4-8?

I'm designing a studio based on 12G SDI, however there's several items that only accept 3G SDI so I need down converters. Haven't 100% nailed down how many (in part due to price) but I'm guessing no less than 4 and no more than 8. Would prefer something not too expensive and ideally either a multichannel unit or in a frame system like OpenGear.

I'm aware of the following:

• Decimator 12G Cross
  • + $600/ch
  • - No rack solution
  • - requires individual cabling. (genlock, power)
• Apantac OG-MICRO-4K
  • + Opengear
  • - $1300/ch
• AJA UDC-4K
  • + can put a bunch in a rack shelf
  • - requires individual cabling. (network, genlock, power)
  • - $1600/ch
• Blackmagic Mini 12G-SDI to Quad SDI
  • + Cheap
  • + multiple in a rack shelf
  • Can't 100% tell if it would work for this application
  • - requires individual cabling. (network, genlock, power)
• Science Image Flow Edge G
  • + 6 in 1U
  • - $1300/ch
  • - requires individual cabling. (network, genlock, power)

I've looked a little at Ross/Cobalt and they seem much more expensive, haven't looked at Evertz/Grass.

Is there anything else that I'm missing in this general price range?

I was listening to the latest Oni talks podcast and some how some of the talk about "the old days" got me wondering if anyone has made a "highlight reel" for some of the best games from the pre-DE era of AoE2?

While I'm sure there are plenty of videos of that era on YouTube it's hard to know which ones are worth watching and even which games from any given set are particularly good. Maybe someone could do a "Game of the month 2014 edition" similar to what Nili has in most of his WTF happened episodes.

I can also see that some modern commentary might be useful to explain differences in the meta, background on the player who are no longer active etc.

Thoughts?