Blackmagic Design Announces Blackmagic Video Recorder.Introducing Video Recording for a new age! Blackmagic Video Recorder See DVR, DVD-R and DVD drives. captures to H.264 files for iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, YouTube, IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. or full resolution archiving from only US$119 LAS VEGAS -- Blackmagic Design Inc. today announced the new Blackmagic Video Recorder, a compact USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. video capture product that captures files direct to H.264 files for iPod[TM], iPhone[TM], Apple TV[TM], YouTube[TM], IPTV, Web or full resolution archiving. Blackmagic Video Recorder is on display at NAB 2008 at the Blackmagic Design booth SL10920. The H.264 file format used with Video Recorder will allow direct capture to files compatible with mobile devices such as iPods, so users don't need to do time consuming rendering. Long tapes can be captured, and then dropped into iTunes for syncing with iPod, iPhone, or Apple TV devices. There are two models of Blackmagic Video Recorder, an analog one for consumers, and an SDI (1) (Serial Digital Interface) A physical interface widely used for transmitting digital video in various formats. For electrical transmission, it uses a high grade of coaxial cable and a single BNC connector with Teflon insulation. one for professionals. Blackmagic Video Recorder has high quality analog component, NTSC (National TV Standards Committee) The committee that developed the television standards for the U.S, which are also used in Canada, Japan, South Korea and several Central and South American countries. Both the committee and the standard are called "NTSC. , PAL and S-Video input, and allows capture from any analog source, such as VHS (Video Home System) A half-inch, analog videocassette recorder (VCR) format introduced by JVC in 1976 to compete with Sony's Betamax, introduced a year earlier. , Video-8, DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. , Set top boxes etc. Blackmagic Video Recorder SDI features standard definition SDI input and RS-422 deck control for connection to any broadcast deck. "Because videotapes such as VHS degrade over time, there are millions of hours of home movies sitting on old videotape that need to be converted to computer files or transferred to mobile devices such as iPods, so you can show family and friends!" said Grant Petty, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Blackmagic Design. "But there are also millions of hours of professionally videotaped programs that need to be moved to computers so they can be sold to customers online, or used in IPTV applications. I feel this is an incredibly important product for moving all that television content into the future. The future is mobile and in your hand!" Included with the USB hardware is the Video Recorder software which lets customers capture video with easy to use controls. When this software is used with the Video Recorder SDI model, users can enter in and out points for the deck they are capturing from. The Video Recorder software also allows users to set video scaling to reduce the resolution for mobile devices. To make great captured movie files, the Video Recorder software allows interactive cropping of the video edges, so analog blanking, VHS switching marks, and VITC VITC Vertical Interval Time Code VITC Vertical Integrated Time Code VITC Visvesvaraya Industrial Trade Center (India) timecode artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. can be cropped out. Broadcast Videohub Key Features * Capture direct to H.264 files for mobile devices such as iPod, iPhone, Apple TV. No video conversion rendering required because these devices play back native H.264 video. * Two low cost models, one analog, and one SDI. * Includes easy to use Video Recorder software for capturing video. * Compact size, USB powered "thumb drive" size. Availability and Price Blackmagic Video Recorder will be available in mid July for US$119 or EU79 from all Blackmagic Design authorized resellers worldwide. Blackmagic Video Recorder SDI will retail at US$299 or EU199. Press Photography Product photos of the new Blackmagic Video Recorder, and all other Blackmagic Design products, are available at www.blackmagic-design.com/press/images. About Blackmagic Design Inc. Blackmagic Design Inc. manufactures the world's highest quality video editing products, converters and routers for the post-production and television broadcast industries. The Multibridge, DeckLink and Intensity family of products have revolutionized the post production industry and made HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates and film editing more affordable. Founded by the world's leading editors and engineers from the post production industry, this knowledge is constantly fed back into our products. Blackmagic Design has operations in the USA, United Kingdom, Japan, Singapore, and Australia. |
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