Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro HDMI Video Capture Card PCIe

Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro features HDMI-in for connecting to cameras and digital set-top boxes for the highest quality capture. Get higher quality capture from HD cameras by capturing direct and bypassing the HDV compression chip for high quality video captured direct from the image sensor. Instantly switch between HD and SD video standards including HDTV 1080i/59.94, 1080i/50, 720p/59.94, 720p/50, NTSC and PAL. As edit software can't play back to HDV cameras for monitoring, Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro is ideal to use for monitoring uncompressed HD or HDV, and even DV edits on the latest big screen televisions and video projectors by connecting to the built-in HDMI out. Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro features the worlds first HDMI and analogue component, NTSC/PAL and S-Video capture and playback on Windows and Mac OS X computers. That's great for HDTV or standard definition editing using big screen televisions and video projectors. Work in uncompressed video and eliminate HDV and DV compression quality problems, or use disk space friendly compressed video if required.

Beyond the Limits of HDV
Working in HDTV is exciting, however HDV's heavy compression and limited 1440 x 1080 resolution can cause problems with video quality and editing. Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro eliminates these problems by using direct capture from the camera image sensor at full 1920 x 1080 HDTV resolution and uncompressed video quality.

Both HDMI and Analogue Connections
Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro enables you to capture directly from the HD cameras CCD, bypassing the video compression chip for true uncompressed video quality. Featuring both HDMI and analogue video connections means Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro works with a massive range of cameras, televisions and video projectors.

Multi Camera HD Production Studio
Perform live production with 2 Intensity cards and cameras plugged into you system using the included Blackmagic On-Air software. On-Air auto sync's cameras, handles monitoring and recording, plus is so easy to use it's ideal for education, theatre, corporate training and much more. Only On-Air allows real time mixing between two cameras with a single button press, so anyone can produce professional results fast.

Playback to your Big Screen
If you're editing in DV, HDV, uncompressed or JPEG video, you can use Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro 's video outputs for incredible quality edit monitoring. Use big screen televisions and video projectors for breathtaking cinema style edit monitoring and experience the amazing quality of your work.

Easy Capture and Playback
All Intensity cards include Blackmagic Media Express, an easy to use application for fast capture and playback of media. If you're doing web streaming or DVD authoring and need fast acquisition of video, then Media Express is ideal.

Highest Quality Analogue Connections
The included break-out cable connects Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro to all types of analog video and audio equipment. This gives you full compatibility with analog component, NTSC, PAL, S-Video and analog audio.

Application Compatibility
Intensity is an ideal companion for most video editing software. Mac OS X™ compatible software includes Final Cut Pro™, After Effects®, Photoshop®, Motion™, iDVD™, DVD Studio Pro™, Cleaner™ and many more. Windows™ compatible software includes Premiere Pro®, After Effects®, Photoshop®, Encore DVD® and many more.

HDMI Quality
Unlike analog connections, HDMI is the new digital standard appearing in the latest cameras, televisions and video projectors. HDMI is fully digital and has no video compression, so it doesn't suffer from any image degradation. Unlike DV and HDV FireWire based video standards, HDMI allows deeper bit depths and full color resolution, eliminating banding and contouring problems in high quality video. HDMI is found on the latest HD cameras such as the Sony HDR-HC3 or Panasonic HDC-SD1.

Accurate AV Sync
Editing systems based on Final Cut Pro™ or Premiere Pro are built for professionals. Editors demand frame accurate capture for perfect AV sync, and with Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro you get the benefits of fully digital video and audio direct to disk, for accuracy, and quality

Manufacturer Code: BMD-BINTSPRO

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