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<div class="left_inner_box_heading"><h1>NAB: Blackmagic conjures up new products for post-production,</h1></div>
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<p>Blackmagic Design (<a href="http://www.blackmagic-design.com/" title="http://www.blackmagic-design.com/">http://www.blackmagic-design.com/</a>) has released a<br />
slew of new products and product updates at this week's National<br />
Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show in Las Vegas, Nevada. New<br />
products include OpenGear converters, two Videohub Routers, new Mini<br />
Converters, a Waveform Monitor, and support for Linux with Blackmagic<br />
Design capture cards.</p>
<p>There are eight new card-based converter products. These converters<br />
are virtually identical to Blackmagic Design's Mini Converter range<br />
and include models for analog video, HDMI, auto and optical fiber to<br />
and from SDI. All OpenGear Converters sell for US$495.</p>
<p>Blackmagic has announced the Studio Videohub -- a compact 16 x 32<br />
model for $4,995 -- and the Enterprise Videohub for the largest<br />
broadcast and post production facilities. The latter is a 144 x 288<br />
model that costs $29,995. Both routers have 3Gb/second SDI, built-in<br />
deck control routing, redundant power and switchable SD, HD and 3<br />
Gb/s SDI, and re-clocking. Version 4.0 of the software for the<br />
Videohub Routers adds support for customizable "buttons" on the<br />
screen where users can choose from a number of icons of popular video<br />
equipment. The software update is free to all Blackmagic Design<br />
Videohub customers.</p>
<p>Blackmagic Design products now have support for Sony's new 3 Gb/s SDI<br />
products. Blackmagic Design has been shipping products with native 3<br />
Gb/s SDI support for over two years, beginning with the Multibridge<br />
Eclipse in 2007.</p>
<p>The company's new Major Mini Converter Utility 1.0 software allows<br />
adjustments and settings via USB, plus adds down conversion in the<br />
SDI to Analog model, and 1080p/50,60 in the SDI to HDMI model Mini<br />
Converters. Users can plug their Mini Converters into the USB port to<br />
make changes on their computer screens. This software update is free.</p>
<p>Also announced at NAB is the DeckLink Optical Fiber, an $495, 10-bit<br />
SD/HD broadcast capture card with both optical fiber SDI and regular<br />
SDI. Optical fiber cable has advantages because it's commonly<br />
available and used in computer networking. Now any Intel-based Mac or<br />
PCI Express Windows can have Optical Fiber SDI and SDI capture and<br />
playback. The DeckLink Optical Fiber instantly switches between SD<br />
and HD, includes RS-422, internal SD keyer, reference and eight<br />
channels of audio.</p>
<p>Blackmagic's new $495 Mini Converter Optical Fiber is a<br />
bi-directional converter that lowers the cost of using optical fiber<br />
SDI cabling by simultaneously converting from SDI to Optical Fiber<br />
and Optical Fiber to SDI in one compact design. It supports 1310nm<br />
optical fiber with LC connectors using laser drive, and allows cable<br />
lengths of up to 45 km or 147,000 feet in length.</p>
<p>Blackmagic's new Audio Mini Converters are audio SDI embedding and<br />
de-embedding mini converters with 3 GB/s SDI technology. With<br />
redundant SDI inputs, 1/4 inch jack audio connections, and an<br />
international power supply, these new Mini Converters are designed<br />
for multi channel audio use with their four channels of balanced<br />
analog audio or eight channels of AES/EBU digital audio. The Audio<br />
Mini Converters are $$495 each.</p>
<p>Blackmagic Design has also announced the Blackmagic Ultrascope<br />
($695), a combination PCI Express card and software waveform monitor.<br />
It's a computer-based 3Gb/s SDI and optical fiber SDI scopes designed<br />
for editors and colorists. The UltraScope is designed to work in low<br />
cost computers with minimum of a 24-inch monitor that allows<br />
simultaneous display of six waveform views including RGB/YUV parade<br />
<p>Finally, the $395 DVI Extender is for extending your computer's video<br />
monitor via an industry standard SDI connection, so computer<br />
resolution monitoring can be routed and distributed in television and<br />
post production facilities. Previously, people had to use either<br />
Ethernet or Cat 5 or Fiber Optic cables. The DVI extender uses<br />
standard SDI BNC cables, that allow more than one monitor to be<br />
connected to the computer and, if used with an SDI router, such as<br />
the Blackmagic Design Enterprise Videohub, you could have up to 288<br />
computer monitors all connected to the one computer.</p>
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