Using PB as a video monitor

This is a bit of a long shot, but I thought I would try asking anyway! I make films with a small Sony HVR A1E camera. I know that with the special attachment you can attach the PB to a TV screen thus making 2 screens. I would like to use the PB as a playback monitor when filming, with the camera attached live or during playback so I can see what the image looks like on a widescreen or a bigger screen. Its a lot handier then shlepping a TV around. Does anyone know how I would be able to do this? Is there a piece of software perhaps that would allow me to do this? I know one way to do it would be capturing the footage and previewing it, but that would just take forever. I just want it to act as a monitor. Is there any way of reversing the video signal with the attachment? Just a thought. Any thoughts or ideas would be very very very appreciated! Thanks

I've thought about this too.The only thing I can suggest (no guarantees it will work though) is one of those pcmcia / tv adaptors.
Reading the info on the websites, it looks like they can stream an analogue video signal through a composite video input, which can be viewed on your monitor and captured to your hard drive. In theory, it will be just like connecting your camera to a vcr / dvd recorder or the like.
I don't know if this will work because I haven't tried it. Google "pcmcia tv" or something similar and see what you think. There should be some out there which are Mac friendly. Please let us know if you find success.
Also, you can try looking in the Final Cut Pro forum to see if someone there has done something similar.

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