Blackmagic Design Announces Multibridge Extreme 5.4 Software: Featuring New HD to SD Downconversion and 30'' Monitoring Support; This Software Update is Immediately Available from Blackmagic Design's Website.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Today, Blackmagic Design Blackmagic Design is a video production equipment company that makes the DeckLink, the Intensity and Intensity Pro, and the MultiBridge Eclipse and Pro break-out boxes and video capture cards. announced software Version 5.4 for its highly popular Multibridge Extreme editing and converting solution. Multibridge Extreme is the world's first all-in-one bi-directional A/D A/D See advance-decline line (A/D). and D/A converter (Digital/Analog converter) A device that converts digital code into analog signals. The most common applications are for generating sound and video. The D/A converter may be contained on a single chip or can be one circuit within a chip. Contrast with A/D converter. featuring a high speed PCI-Express connection. PCI-Express allows Multibridge Extreme to operate as a capture and playback solution with uncompressed HD and SD editing, right through to full feature film 4:4:4 quality by simply plugging the PCI-Express connection into a PCIe Mac OS X or Windows XP The previous client version of Windows. XP was a major upgrade to the client version of Windows 2000 with numerous changes to the user interface. XP improved support for gaming, digital photography, instant messaging, wireless networking and sharing connections to the Internet. based system.
The latest software release for Multibridge Extreme includes:
1. Hardware HD to SD down conversion features
-- Anamorphic 16:9, Letterbox 16:9, and Center Cut 4:3 down
conversion modes
-- Full broadcast quality polyphase interpolation filtering
for enhanced video quality
-- Simultaneous HD and SD outputs, also selectable on analog
outputs
-- Down conversion will work in PCI-Express Capture mode, or
Converter mode
2. Monitoring support for 30" dual-link DVI-D displays
-- Multibridge Extreme's DVI-D output will now connect to
large 30" computer monitors for full-screen real time HD
playback.
-- For film editors and compositors needing "large-screen"
high resolution HD monitoring, Multibridge Extreme can
scale an HD 1920x1080 image up to 2500x1600 to fill the
screen.
About Multibridge Extreme Multibridge Extreme is the world's first all-in-one bi-directional converter featuring a new high-speed 10GBps PCI-Express connection. Being 25 times faster than FireWire, PCI-Express allows capture and playback of uncompressed video up to 2K feature film resolutions when plugged into a computer. Multibridge Extreme can be used as the highest quality audio and video converter, or as a high-end editing and compositing system for broadcast, post-production and film projects. It instantly switches between HD and SD and features 4:2:2 and Dual Link 4:4:4 video quality. Featuring 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. digital video and Analog Component video See component video and YPbPr. , 8 channels of AES/EBU (Audio Engineering Society/European Broadcasting Union) A professional serial interface for transferring digital audio from CD and DVD players to amplifiers and TVs. AES/EBU is typically used to transmit PCM and Dolby Digital 5. digital audio and two channels of balanced professional XLR XLR X-linked lymphocyte regulated XLR X-Linked Recessive (genetics) XLR Accelar (Nortel/Bay network switch) XLR Ground Left Right (digital audio) analog audio, and two unbalanced audio outputs for low cost in-suite monitoring. Multibridge Extreme is available now for US$2,595 from authorized Blackmagic Design resellers worldwide. Availability Blackmagic's latest software driver is available to registered Multibridge Extreme users, and can be downloaded immediately from the Blackmagic Design support web site located at www.blackmagic-design.com/support/software. Press Photography Photos of Multibridge Extreme and all Blackmagic Design products are available at www.blackmagic-design.com/press/resources/images. About Blackmagic Design Blackmagic Design manufactures the world's highest quality video cards and converters for the postproduction and television broadcast industries. The Multibridge Extreme and DeckLink family of leading quality video cards have changed 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 more affordable for everyone. Blackmagic Design was founded by some of the world's leading editors and engineers from the post-production industry. This industry knowledge and experience is constantly fed back into our products allowing us to introduce the most amazing creative tools for the industry. Blackmagic Design has operations in the USA, Netherlands, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia. |
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