<html><head><style> body {height: 100%; color:#000000; font-size:12pt; font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;}</style></head><body><div dir="ltr">----- John McAfee via Stagecraft <stagecraft@theatrical.net> wrote:<br>> I'd like to dredge this topic up, if I may. Currently we have 3 Panasonic AW-HE50SN cameras in our main stage (and one in our Recital Hall)</div><div dir="ltr">> that run to archival video recorders and monitors in the booth. They're nice cameras, but there is no IR and there is no easy way to watch the</div><div dir="ltr">> feed online (as near as I can tell). The next model (which I think some people on here have) got both those upgrades.<div>><br></div><div>> The biggest issue is that there is no tie in to the monitor in the green room (or any other space). They only run to their respective booths.</div><div>> The green room has a cable hook up, so I might be able to hijack that to run a feed (we have no cable service in the building), but that makes me a little anxious. </div><div><br></div>It's possible to buy various little converter boxen that will take a SDI input, and pass it thru to existing uses while also giving a composite video output<br></div><div dir="ltr">(or an HDMI output if that would be better). Under $100. depending what you want -- some way under.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">If you already have the signal as composite (or whatever your green room monitor wants to see) you can get a DA for even less money.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></body></html>