Monitoring via 4:2:2 vs 4:4:4 on Reslove and FSI Display

[Christian Stoehr]

Hi guys, I just bought a Flander Scientific 2461W which does single SDI 4:4:4. I am using Resolve and am about to buy a Black Magic Deck Link. I wanted to buy the SDI only version for $299 since the Extremem 4K is not shipping yet, but it only uses 4:2:2
In your opinion will that be fine for coloring a feature ? The final output they asked me for is ProRes 4:2:2 anyways. I am not sure how much of a difference one would see, and I always have the higher quality files for the final render output if they decide to go Uncompressed.

Thanks,

 

[Joel Arvidsson]

The decklink extreme 4k is only 4:2:2 in 4k. So you should get the 4:4:4 on your flander.

http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/decklink4kextreme/techspecs