Digital Voodoo is now shipping the SD|Spark video card for Apple Final Cut Pro 5. Compatible with Panther OSX, FCP HD and the G5, this SD SDI/Analog QuickTime card is aimed at the boutique facility that wants to work with uncompressed video but can’t afford a more expensive system. This card is built to give you enough options to jumpstart any project: 10/12-bit SD SDI I/O, 12-bit analog component, composite, S-video I/O, a built-in A/D and D/A converter, DV, DVCPRO, DVCPRO 50 and even Photo JPEG I/O. Audio support includes two channels of balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA-analog audio, embedded audio I/O and 8 channels of SP/DIF audio, which lets you monitor 5.1 surround sound from an iPod or other consumer digital audio device. $2,495
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