Why you need an AV get out of jail card

Sound familiar?

• Your presenter is taking to the stage in 5 minutes. You’re given a laptop with a VGA output that has to be connected to your UltraHD projector... NOW!
• In an emergency you switch to your standby video mixer and somehow need to connect the SDI output to an HDMI large format display
• You’re streaming a news story. The footage on your recorder is in 1080i, but your switcher can only manage 1080p