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Adding a new monitor to our studio and considering the Panasonic 50in. plasma.

Would HDMI suffice as an interface for grading in terms of color space or is HD-SDI a requirement?

The host Mac has DeckLink with SDI out and we have previously purchased a BMD SDI to HDMI mini converter, so I'm hoping that HDMI would be good for color grading and I can sabe the cost of purchasing an SDI terminal for the plasma monitor ($1400)

Thanks in advance for all input,

Nims

id depends from your plasma .. if it is 10bit , then SDI is good .. but SDI card into panasonic plasma are realy expensive .. for 8bit panel is HDMI ok ..

Thank you. I thought HDMI is 10-bit. DeckLink cards support 10-bit HDMI...

BTW: $1400 plazma will be 8bit .. and SDI card cost 1000-2000 EUR .. forget to SDI , i think Or buy OLED SONY display for Grading ..

We're getting this monitor:

http://www.panasonic.com/business/plasm ... BT300U.asp

There's no mention in the specs whether it is 8 or 10 bit. What do you think?

Issue resolved with a call to Panasonic. Thanks for your help.