HD Digitizing and Editig - Requirements

Hi,
I realize this is probably answered somewhere, so please forgive me for asking the same question twice. I am a production assistant at a film marketing company (so unfortunately, my technological understanding is limited), and would really appreciate some simple-to-understand advice.
My company normally works with Avid machines, but we have a Mac Pro (Dual-Core, not Quad) with FCP Studio 2 installed, and we are thinking of using this machine for our online editing needs (specifically – we usually create 2K trailers that we then deliver as DPX files for film outs). Our input material can come as DPX files on lacie drives or on HD-Cam (SR) tapes. We do not have an HD deck, so we would be renting this from a facility if we needed to digitize in HD tapes.
However, we are not sure if we need to make any hardware/software upgrades in order to edit at true HD quality and also to hook up an HD deck in order to digitize the material. I believe we also have Blackmagic software installed, but I’m not aware of the particulars. I can try to find out what are current software/hardware we have installed if that would be helpful.
Some people have suggested we might need to upgrade the following:
-Graphics Cards
-RAID
-PCI Express Card
-Capture Cards
Also, I saw something about I/O needs (SDI, Component, Firewire, Y/C, Break-out-box, direct connections), etc?
I realize it might be somewhat difficult to answer the question of “what should we do now?” but if you have any advice, I would greatly appreciate your help.
Thanks!

If you intend to edit 2K then you're certainly going to need a large, fast storage system which usually means a RAID.
As you have Blackmagic software installed then you may already have a Blackmagic I/O card installed too (check the System Profiler app in your Applications/Utilities folder) though whether it is suitable for your specific needs depends on which card that might be. For 2K monitoring then you need something with some form of 2K compatibility, you need something that can either allow you to monitor directly at 2K or to downscale that image for standard HD (or SD) monitoring .. the AJA Kona LHe won't handle that task but a Matrox MXO2 LE or better will downscale some 2K resolutions for HD/SD monitoring, but I think your best solution for 2K workflows would likely be the AJA Kona 3.

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