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Posted by Smarty on 02/21/07 15:02
Blackmagic has introduced a very novel capture card called Intensity for
$249 which has an HDMI input and an HDMI output connector. It makes the
impressive claim of eliminating HDV compression penalties by directly
capturing uncompressed 1920 X 1080 HD video directly from HDV camcorders (at
least those which have an HDMI output port) as well as from other HD and SD
video sources. It offers a number of other impressive features as well, in
particular real-time down-conversion from HD into SD and the ability to sync
and switch 2 HDV camcorders with 2 cards in a studio setting. It provides
HDMI output to drive monitors, projectors, etc. Macs and PCs are supported,
but do require one newer PCI Express slot. It would appear to allow
off-the-air HD capture external to set-top boxes equipped with HDMI (and
DVI) outputs.
Since copyright materials could be captured and digitized, the advertising
plainly excludes protected content, and says the board will not be useful
for those purposes.
More info at: http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/intensity/
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