[BC] Video DA

[mark@shander.com]

It's interesting how many different configurations there can be, and
the reasons for having them a particular way.  :-)

--- Scott Cason <scott at lagrange-com.com> wrote:

> >>I think I would rather have monitored the video DA via one of its
> outputs rather than the loop input, since seeing what you're
> distributing is more important to me than seeing what the source
> signal
> looks like.
> 
> I have used the loop thru more of a way to daisy chain DA's together.
>  Say
> you have two 2x4s but need six outputs.  Loop the output thru one of
> the
> DA's into the other with a term, and there you go.  Six DA outputs. 
> Looking
> at the source signal is handy if you believe the DA has gone TU. 
> Good vid
> going in, bad vid going out, time to swap out the DA.  I have also
> used the
> loop thru to monitor the source signal in the case of a VT machine in
> the
> tape room.  Output of the machine loops through the DA to a monitor
> in the
> rack.   Output of the DA goes to the router, master control switcher,
> studio
> switcher, studio monitor, and MC monitor.
> 
> Scott Cason
> President
> LaGrange Communications, LLC
> 502-213-0024
> www.lagrange-com.com
> 
> 
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