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Weaving that old Blackmagic…

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:26

Studio converter

“We’re making 11 new product announcements at this IBC, double the number of last year’s event,” said Blackmagic Design’s Stuart Ashton.

“Our customers are collectors of Blackmagic products rather than users and they’re very excited about Intensity Extreme, the first Thunderbolt technology based device to combine the high quality of HDMI capture and playback with the wide compatibility of analogue component, NTSC, PAL and S-Video and analog audio capture. It is playback in a compact size that’s completely powered from the Thunderbolt connection on the computer. It’s the perfect solution for adding video to laptop computers as it powers from the laptop battery. Blackmagic was the first company outside Apple to produce a Thunderbolt product.”

Very popular at IBC were their range of super heavy duty mini converters. “These feature a unique design that’s machined from a solid block of aluminum for amazing strength, as well as for protecting connectors. They include innovative features and technologies such as 3Gb/s SDI. There are four models in the range,” explained Ashton.

The ATEM Studio Converter is a new rack mount quads independent bi- directional optical fibre SDI converter with built in talkback. It is perfect for live production as it includes four independent optical fibre converters in one rack unit sized chassis. Broadcast and post-production users can install ATEM Studio Converter as a regular optical fibre SDI converter, and each of the four optical fibre converters are totally independent of each other and bi-directional.

Other new product announcements included SmartView HD; a new full resolution HD rack monitor with a large 17 inch LCD screen; and a 3Gb/s SDI video input and centralised network based control that allows easy colour matching when used in multi monitor installations.

SCREENAFRICA Print Magazine – November 2011 (view here)

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