Blackmagic Design DeckLink HD Extreme helps make the move to HD affordable while still retaining compatibility with your current SD equipment. DeckLink HD Extreme lets you instantly switch between HD and SDI and analog component video connections. Connect to 270 Mbps standard definition SDI equipment such as Digital Betacam, as well as 1.485 Gbps HD-SDI equipment such as HDCAM or HD-D5 all using the same card. Also connect to standard definition analog equipment such as Betacam SP decks, or high definition HDV cameras and component monitors.
High Definition or Standard Definition
DeckLink HD series capture cards help make the move to high definition affordable while still retaining compatibility with your current standard definition equipment. DeckLink HD cards let you instantly switches between high definition and standard definition video connections. DeckLink HD Pro and DeckLink HD Extreme cards connect to 270 Mbps standard definition SDI equipment such as Digital Betacam, as well as 1.485 Gbps HD-SDI equipment such as HDCAM or HD-D5 all using the same card. Also connect to standard definition analog equipment such as Betacam SP decks or high definition HDV cameras and component monitors.
Analog or Digital
DeckLink HD Pro and DeckLink HD Extreme models support the highest quality 10 bit uncompressed SDI connections combined with world leading analog video and audio connections. DeckLink HD Extreme and Studio models are perfect for connecting to high end decks and connect directly to Digital Betacam, D1 and DVCPRO 50, HDCAM or HD-D5 or analog equipment such as Betacam SP, HDV cameras, flat screen TV's and broadcast CRT monitors. DeckLink HD Studio features HDMI connections (not SDI) for connecting to consumer cameras and televisions.
DeckLink HD Extreme and Studio models also features NTSC, PAL or S-Video, which coupled with incredible professional analog and AES/EBU digital audio. Connect to virtually all video equipment available.
Highest Quality Electronics
Building on over 10 years experience, DeckLink HD models features the latest in high quality ultra low noise design. Only DeckLink HD models features our custom 14 bit analog output, for incredibly accurate conversion, resulting in crisp clean output from the most demanding computer generated graphics. DeckLink HD cards are unique with multiple power supplies that completely isolates the card from noisy computer power, while including hundreds of filter components dedicated to eliminating digital noise. Other cards only include the minimum power filtering, which can cause random problems, and won't eliminate the noise generated from higher clock speeds of future computers.
True 10 Bit Uncompressed SDI Capture and Playback
DeckLink HD Extreme and DeckLink HD Pro supports true 10 bit SDI uncompressed video capture and playback for better quality than any other system - at any price. Ideal for higher end broadcast decks such as Digital Betacam , HDCAM-SR 4:2:2 and Panasonic HD D-5 decks, uncompressed 10 bit is the highest quality possible from the SDI television system. The SDI featured on DeckLink HD Pro models is 4:4:4 for feature film quality. The included Blackmagic codec allows 16 bit RGB per channel rendering preserving the quality of 10 bit video. Only 10 bit uncompressed will hold up under the heavy working conditions demanded by clients today, while still retaining that delicate film look.
Built-in Professional Quality Audio
Featuring unbalanced AES digital audio in and out, DeckLink HD Extreme and Studio models guarantee incredible quality and sample accurate AV sync. Unbalanced AES audio connections are also compatible with S/PDIF consumer audio, so you can use inexpensive HiFi equipment for audio monitoring. For connecting to analog equipment, DeckLink HD Extreme includes 2 channels of balanced XLR professional audio in and out. Take advantage of a massive 12 channels of embedded SDI audio when switched to HD, or 8 channels of embedded SDI audio when working in standard definition. 12 channel SDI audio is great for decks such as HDCAM-SR that feature 12 channels of audio.
Windows XP or Mac OS X Compatible
DeckLink HD models can be plugged into either Mac OS X, Windows XP, Windows XPx64 or Windows 2000 Server systems. You can move any DeckLink model between operating systems so you get the power to reconfigure your facility as your needs change. Blackmagic Design released the worlds first Mac OS X uncompressed QuickTime card, and DeckLink HD Extreme builds on those years of experience with full compatibility with all video software on Mac OS X, including Apple Final Cut Pro HD, Adobe After Effects, Shake, DVD Studio Pro, iDVD, Combustion and many more. On Windows, DeckLink supports DirectShow for compatibility with most video software and full support for Adobe Premiere Pro 2 including deck control. Only DeckLink cards let you move between platforms with the same card.
Flexible File Formats
Select from the highest quality 10 bit uncompressed and 8 bit uncompressed capture and playback. When used on Mac OS X, DeckLink includes support for DV, JPEG, DVCPRO HD and HDV compressed video formats. On Windows XP, you can choose between AVI and QuickTime file formats and even play back TARGA and BMP image sequences in the Premiere Pro timeline in real time.
No other card has such wide support for various file formats and DeckLink HD Extreme uncompressed QuickTime files can be freely moved between Mac OS X and Windows XP systems.
Down Conversion and Real Time Effects
When running on Mac OS X DeckLink cards feature broadcast quality down conversion and is deal for mastering HD edits to SD. DeckLink HD Extreme uses custom poly-phase interpolation and filter processing for incredible quality conversion at the highest 10 bit precision. DVCPRO-HD multi-layer editing in Mac OS X with Final Cut Pro HD can also be downconverted and played out in standard definition, even when running complex multi-layer HD real time effects.
4:4:4:4 Hardware Support
DeckLink HD Pro features 4:4:4 SDI connections for connecting to decks such as the Sony HDCAM SR for feature film work. DeckLink HD Extreme features high quality 4:2:2 SDI connectivity and has dual outputs for switching to video and key mode. Output Adobe Photoshop graphics, After Effects projects, and RGBA video files with video and key for external keying and on air graphics. Software developers can take advantage of video and key support by using our DirectShow based API for their custom applications software.
Loads of Software Utilities Free
Loads of free software utilities are included with DeckLink cards, designed to assist real world production needs. Use Blackmagic LiveKey to switch DeckLink HD Extreme into a keying card. For broadcast graphics and paint Photoshop plug-ins are included for capture and output of still frames. For DPX image sequences and DI workflow, Blackmagic FrameLink lets you instantly access QuickTime and AVI media as DPX files. Blackmagic Deck Control lets you control a deck remotely via RS-422 for capture and play-out clips to and from tape with timecode accuracy. For easy disk array setup, Blackmagic Disk Speed Test checks your disk array with speed results displayed in frames per second.
Non Linear Editing
DeckLink cards are the perfect companion for editing software such as Apple's Final Cut Pro on Mac OS X and Adobe Premiere Pro on Windows. Blackmagic Design works closely to support all the special features in these software applications, so you get a seamless editing experience. When used with Final Cut Pro, DeckLink supports multi-stream effects, 10 bit YUV rendering and multi-channel audio and more. DeckLink HD used with Premiere Pro supports 5.1 surround sound audio, built-in deck control and much more. DeckLink HD on Windows supports a full 8 channels of HD-SDI audio or SD-SDI audio (using our ASIO audio driver). For fast setup of editing software, 'settings' are included so you can start editing immediately.
Design and Effects
High quality effects and design work has never been easier. DeckLink HD series cards are fully compatible with the standard software tools for broadcast designers, such as Adobe After Effects, Apple Shake, Apple Motion, Combustion and Photoshop. For a complete solution for inputting and outputting media, Blackmagic Deck Control is included free and allows time code accurate remote capture and output to broadcast decks. DeckLink cards also includes an RGB QuickTime preview output for After Effects and Combustion. And, you can always preview on the DeckLink video-out interactively as you work, and then play pre-renders using real time ram preview. When rendering your work, processing quality using the Blackmagic codec is full 16 bit, so you always get the advantage of 10 bit SDI video.
Broadcast Paint and Graphics
Broadcast graphics-work demands absolute quality and seamless integration with software for speed. Adobe Photoshop has become the tool of choice for broadcast designers worldwide because of its industry standard interface and powerful tool set. DeckLink cards includes Photoshop plug-ins so you can capture still frames from the video input, and output graphics to the video-output with a simple menu click. Photoshop documents can use 16 bit rendering to 10 bit SDI for the highest quality video. Blackmagic Deck Control can also be used to control your broadcast deck remotely. And, when used in live environments, DeckLink can even key graphics with an alpha channel over live input video.
Streaming
DeckLink HD series cards are ideal for streaming as you always get a clean uncompressed video source for your streaming files. Uncompressed source video also means you don't waste CPU time de-compressing video, so you get faster rendering of your streaming files. DeckLink cards are compatible with all streaming software on Mac OS X and Windows.
DVD Authoring
With DVD's replacing VHS tapes as the most popular consumer format, creating DVDs from your work has become important. DVDs from uncompressed media are much higher quality, and as all media files used on DeckLink are QuickTime or AVI, you get full compatibility with DVD authoring software. Use DVD Studio Pro or even iDVD on Mac OS X or Adobe Encore DVD software on Windows for powerful DVD creation.
Dual Standard Monitoring
DeckLink HD series cards have built in support for monitoring in your edit suite, whether it's in high definition or standard definition. Most high definition capable CRT monitors will switch between high definition and standard with ease, however the built-in SDI inputs generally only work in high definition or standard definition. With DeckLink HD series cards feature high quality analog monitoring output, you can connect component video that changes automatically as you change standards. CRT monitors then instantly change without needing reconnections, and you can even see 4:4:4 quality when working with RGB graphics.
Live Broadcast Graphics Presentation
Use the built-in keyer for overlaying graphics live into production switchers. Even if you're only adding station indents, keying makes it easy when using the two SDI outputs as fill and key. Use the Blackmagic LiveKey application for turning on and off the keying function. Blackmagic LiveKey will also automatically fade graphics on and off for specific times.
DeckLink HD Pro and DeckLink HD Extreme models will work with all available QuickTime software tools. DeckLink offers you the highest quality standard definition and high definition video available, combined with an affordable low price, so you can move to HD now!
