New solutions from Blackmagic Design

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 8 new card-based converter products. These converters are virtually identical to Blackmagic Design's popular Mini Converter range, and include models for analogue video, HDMI, auto and optical fibre 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.

Blackmagic Design also expanded its affordable SDI router family with the addition of the Studio Videohub - a compact 16 x 32 model, and the Enterprise Videohub - a 144 x 288 model for larger broadcast and post production facilities.

Both models are equipped with 3 Gb/s SDI, built-in deck control routing, redundant power and switchable SD, HD and 3 Gb/s SDI, and re-clocking.