New solutions from Blackmagic Design

1 May 2009

Blackmagic Design launched
a series of new solutions for the post-production and broadcast industries designed to help bring down operational and facility costs, and exciting new tools to improve workflow. These include OpenGear converters, two affordable and powerful Videohub Routers, new Mini Converters, a low-price Waveform Monitor, and support for Linux with Blackmagic Design capture cards.
Blackmagic Design also announced its first Optical Fiber solutions – Mini Converter, HDLink monitoring converter, and DeckLink capture card.
The OpenGear Converters with SD/HD auto switching, DashBoard network control and 3 Gb/s SDI are eight new card-based converter products. These converters are virtually identical to Blackmagic Design's popular Mini Converter range and includes models for analog video, HDMI, auto and optical fiber to and from SDI.
A new Media Express 2.0 free upgrade for Media Express 2.0 software which includes direct capture and playback of DPX, QuickTime and AVI files, list based batch capture, elegant new software interface and Mac, Windows and Linux support has also been launched. Media Express is compatible with all Blackmagic Design DeckLink, Multibridge and Intensity products.
With Media Express 2.0 on Linux, it is possible to build a very powerful and low cost creative workstation for broadcasters and post-production customers who want to take advantage of the emerging creative tools on the Linux platform.
In addition, Blackmagic Design products now have support for Sony's new 3 Gb/s SDI products. Blackmagic Design has been shipping products with native 3 Gb/s SDI support for over two years, beginning with the Multibridge Eclipse in 2007.
Blackmagic Design DeckLink Optical Fiber is the world's first 10 bit SD/HD broadcast capture card with both optical fiber SDI and regular SDI. Optical fiber cable has advantages because it's commonly available and used in computer networking.
Now any PCI Express Windows or Intel based Mac computer can have Optical Fiber SDI and SDI capture and playback. It instantly switches between SD and HD, includes
RS-422, internal SD keyer, reference and 8 channels of audio. This card has the benefit of much longer cable runs, plus it will not need to be upgraded as quickly as other cables when SDI data speeds increase.
The HDLink Optical Fiber is the world's first 3 Gb/s optical fiber SDI and conventional SDI monitoring solution for SDI, HD and 2K monitors. This is a solution for large television stations and post-production houses, as well as DSNG trucks for live shots.