Hi there!
Thanks for the answers. I do have the 2ME 20channel 4K unit as well. I also use the talk back converters. However when I bought the TV Studio Pro HD the dream was that this would be a great compact festival switcher up to 8 cameras in a stand alone setup.
Sometimes I just don't understand the way BMD guys think. On the 4k 2ME 20Chanel there is 19 SDI input and only one HDMI... Which makes it a bit difficult to use, since there are always more than one HDMI input needs for computers... Than comes the very nice, very compact TV Production PRO HD switcher with 8 inputs. But the 4 SDI is assigned to channel 5678... and the 4 HDMI to 1234... This drives me crazy!
Sometimes I feel that there should be (more) communication between the development and designer guys at BMD and those millions on the fields using the products. If anyone would have asked me I could have told them, that if they want to harvest the market, they should have simply put SDI to 123456 channels and the HDIMs to 78 channels. Bumm! This wins! Now this TV Production Pro HD is again a half solution... It is the same story like to come out with a great compact studio cam that has M4/3" mount on them, when the whole business is packed with B4 mount lenses...
It took me a year to solve the M4/3" vs B4 misery on all my 7 BMD StudioCams. Now i use Canon and Fujinon B4s on them, even huge box lenses. It gave me some grey hairs to complete this.
However I am still testing the HDMI inputs on my new TV Production PRO HDs, and seem to be able to get some results, in using all 8 inputs. Yes I am distributing the SDI out and sending them back to the cams. I promise, if I come up with any results will post it here.
Still a BMD believer and user:
Thomas Mundrucz
Visual Effect Ltd
Hungary