From the course: DSLR Video Tips: Gadgets & Gear
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Adapting HDMI to SDI
Richard Harrington: So in the pro world, people will say, oh HDMI, that's consumer technology. It's not a stable signal you know and we talked about before how the cables can easily come unplugged. You know they're just--they're designed to get plugged in. They're not really good under tension. Pros use a technology called SDI and tell me more about it. Robbie Carman: Well SDI or Serial Digital Interface is absolutely a pro-level kind of connection. And there's a couple of reasons that it's you know preferred by pros. First is the distance that the cables can be run. You can run SDI for extremely long distances. Richard Harrington: And this is if you have the camera in one place and the monitor somewhere else, or a live switching situation, you might need to actually get the footage from the camera that's at the front of the room to the back of the room for switching. Robbie Carman: Right, and with un-powered HDMI cables, you know un-equalized and un-powered cables, you're typically…
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