Blackmagic Design Announces DeckLink HD Studio – the World’s First Post Production Grade HDMI and Analog Component Capture Card
IBC 2006, AMSTERDAM , NETHERLANDS - 8th September 2006 - Blackmagic Design Inc. today announced DeckLink HD Studio, the world' s first capture and playback card to support both HDMI and analog component video. DeckLink HD Studio can be seen on Blackmagic Design’s IBC 2006 stand located at #7.526.
HDMI is the new emerging standard in digital video, and with decks and video cameras now supporting this new digital standard, DeckLink HD Studio is the complete solution for connecting to these exciting new devices.
DeckLink HD Studio allows capture from HDMI cameras or decks, as well as analog decks and set top boxes. HDMI playback and analog playback allows connection to a wide range of video monitors, big screen televisions and video projectors for incredible quality client monitoring. DeckLink HD Studio instantly switches between HD and SD so you can work with almost any deck, camera or monitor.
“Our new DeckLink HD Studio card gives users new options of working with uncompressed HD or SD video without having to buy an expensive HD camera. They can use a low-cost HDMI camera and take the uncompressed video from the CCD. This workflow will truly liberate the video post production market. CCD image sensors have always been high quality, but we've never able to access the direct digital video output from them until now! With Intensity we can now take the potential of the lower cost cameras to their highest levels,” said Grant Petty, CEO, Blackmagic Design Inc. “Blackmagic Design is committed to changing the video industry. We are proud to take this next step forward.”
When quality is important, DeckLink HD Studio takes advantage of the same high end quality technology as used in all other DeckLink HD series video cards, including 10 bit capture and playback, high speed 4 lane PCI Express as well as 14 bit digital to analog conversion for incredible output quality. HDMI allows a completely uncompressed digital connection to cameras, big screen televisions and video projectors, so it's the ideal video standard for maximum quality from low costs equipment.
DeckLink HD Studio and the entire range of DeckLink HD cards from Blackmagic Design are the only video capture cards on the market to feature true 64 bit addressing that eliminates system memory limits, so customers can install as much memory as they need.
As with all DeckLink series video capture cards, DeckLink HD Studio features the same uncompressed and compressed file formats used by all cards, allowing large storage area network based systems to use shared video files for full compatibility.
Use with the latest PCI-Express Mac and Windows computers. DeckLink Studio is part of the world’s most affordable uncompressed digital video editing and design solutions.
Product Features
- Capture and Play via HDMI and component video
- Work in HD1080i, HD720p and NTSC/PAL video
- Both HDMI and analog I/O connections instantly switch between HD and SD video
- Connect directly to a wide range of affordable video cameras and monitors (non copy protected)
- Connect to HDMI or Analog Component Devices
- Supports Standard and High Definition HDMI capture and playback, combined with analog YUV as well as NTSC/PAL and S-Video capture and playback
- Supports broadcast monitors using 14 bit analog output
- Highest quality ingest via HDMI and straight to HDMI monitoring
Product Connections
- HDMI-in and HDMI-out
- Analog component/S-Video/NTSC/PAL in and out
- Stereo of balanced XLR analog Pro audio in and out
- 2 channels of AES/EBU unbalanced audio in and out
- RS-422 remote control connection for controlling broadcast decks
- Genlock HD/Tri-Sync reference input for locking card to large systems
Included with every DeckLink Studio is the world famous Blackmagic Design drivers that include full software support for Apple Final Cut Pro® HD, Adobe Premiere Pro™ 2.0, Apple Shake™, Adobe Photoshop™ with custom plugins, Adobe After Effects™, Discreet Combustion™, eyeon Fusion™, and many more.
DeckLink Studio, and all DeckLink cards, also features true 10 bit and 8 bit uncompressed video capture and playback for high-end production quality.
Availability and Price
DeckLink HD Studio has a recommended retail price of only A$1610.00 inc. GST, and will be available October 15th worldwide via authorized Blackmagic Design resellers.
DeckLink HD Studio is software upgradeable, enabling new video formats and features to be added via free software updates from the Blackmagic Design website located at www.blackmagic-design.com/support/software.
Product Photography
Photos of DeckLink HD Studio, and all other Blackmagic Design products are available at www.blackmagic-design.com/press/resources/images. Further information about Blackmagic Design may be found at www.blackmagic-design.com.
About Blackmagic Design
Blackmagic Design Inc. manufactures the world’s highest quality video cards and converters for the post-production and television broadcast industries. The Multibridge and DeckLink family of leading quality video products have changed the post-production industry and made HDTV more affordable for everyone. Blackmagic Design was founded by some of the world's leading editors and engineers from the post-production industry. This industry knowledge and experience is constantly fed back into our products allowing us to introduce the most amazing, creative tools for the industry.
Blackmagic Design Inc. corporate headquarters are in the United States, with offices in the Netherlands, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia.
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