Atomos Comparison?

Hello, I'm new here at this forum and I am considering trying out the HyperDeck Shuttle but I have a couple of questions that aren't easily found in the website.

I have both the Ninja and the Samurai from Atomos, haven't used them yet but has anyone out there had experience with Atomos and compare it to the HyperDeck Shuttle?

I recognize the enormous price difference.

Are the SSD drives proprietary or can I use my own Crucial SSD's?

Does the HyperDeck Shuttle have playback monitor built in?

Blackmagic Design publishes a list of compatible SSDs including some Crucial models.

http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support ... 968&os=win

As you can see from the product photos and specs, no there is no integral monitor.

http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/product ... ckshuttle/

Thanks for the reply. And if my memory serves from the photos I looked at the unit it has loop through for both HDMI and HD-SDI, is that right?

With Atomos, you have to pick your flavor. Samurai for SDI, Ninja for HDMI.

[Joshua Helling]

Yup. and without a disk in it you can sub it in for a SDI to HDMI/SDI or HDMI to SDI/HDMI converter.

it also captures uncompressed.

Yup. and without a disk in it you can sub it in for a SDI to HDMI/SDI or HDMI to SDI/HDMI converter.

Holy Smokes!! I never even though of it for that (I didn't realize it would do that). It's hardly any more cost than the SDI/HDMI mini converter. I think I'll have two of them.

[Joshua Helling]

Yeah..it's a pretty flexible little box.