Menus via the SDI out?

[CmunozS]

I see what you mean. I was thinking the same about signal resolutions... Haven't tried that option of choosing upper or lower portions of the image. If I remember correctly, there was something like that, but It says Left, center or right.

Yes, the splitters were both active!

I believe that I have discovered the problem when using the Cineroid EVF with the Red One. The Red One in DVI/Menus mode outputs a non-compliant HDMI resolution, 1280 x 848. The Cineroid EVF is a true broadcast monitor and will only operate with standard HDMI resolutions of 1920 x1280, 1280 x 720 etc. When plugged into the Red One, it simply crops off the bottom portion of the signal, that is from line 721 to 848. That is where all the meters are located. I am getting good colour on the Cineroid, but the same pink hue on my Marshall 5". The pink colour may again be due to the non-compliant signal, but I'm not sure. I have read that when using the Red Bomb EVF with the Red One you have to choose between seeing the upper or lower portion of the image, but not the whole image at one time. I believe that this is because the R1 has a very "tall" DVI image.

Christian, the HDMI splitter that you used was passive or active? I'm wondering if the splitter somehow recodes the DVI stream into an HDMI compliant one. I sure wish someone from Red would chime in here!!

 

[CmunozS]

Hi!
I've just installed the new firmware for the Red One and now I have my SmallHD monitor working with menus! There's just one problem; image appears more greenish than normal...
Ron, Scott, have you tested it yet?

 

[Ron Steinberg]

I see what you mean. I was thinking the same about signal resolutions... Haven't tried that option of choosing upper or lower portions of the image. If I remember correctly, there was something like that, but It says Left, center or right.

Yes, the splitters were both active!

You don't select upper or lower portion of the image on the Red One, that is a facility built into the Red BOMB EVF. I guess it's because the BOMB does not have enough vertical resolution to view the entire R1 image unlike the original EVF.

 

[Ron Steinberg]

Hi!
I've just installed the new firmware for the Red One and now I have my SmallHD monitor working with menus! There's just one problem; image appears more greenish than normal...
Ron, Scott, have you tested it yet?

I haven't tried the new firmware. I never transferred ownership of my R1 so I can't access the firmware on the Red site..but in reading the release notes there is no mention of anything related to HDMI output changing. Does your SmallHD monitor accept DVI signals, that is non-standard broadcast resolutions? The R1 outputs 1280x848 resolution on the HDMI port in DVI mode, which is why I can't view it on my Cineroid EVF fully.