FREMONT, CA — Blackmagic Design (www.blackmagicdesign.com) has released DeckLink 4K Extreme 12G - Quad SDI, a new mezzanine card that allows pros to connect older Ultra HD and 4K equipment that use quad link 3G-SDI connections to their computer through their existing DeckLink 4K Extreme 12G video capture and playback card. The DeckLink 4K Extreme 12G - Quad SDI mezzanine card is available for $75 from Blackmagic Design re-sellers worldwide.
DeckLink 4K Extreme 12G has native 12G-SDI connections for working with the latest high frame rate 4K equipment over a single, high speed SDI cable. Older, first generation monitors and projectors have quad link 3G-SDI connections that require four SDI cables. The new DeckLink 4K Extreme 12G - Quad SDI mezzanine card bridges the gap so customers can now have both high speed 12G-SDI connections and four 3G-SDI connections, all on the same card.
With DeckLink 4K Extreme 12G - Quad SDI, a colorist working with DaVinci Resolve in a grading suite or theater can directly connect to older monitors and digital cinema projectors that have four 3G-SDI connections, without needing to buy additional external converters. In addition to Quad SDI support, the DeckLink 4K Extreme 12G - Quad SDI card also adds a built-in hardware down converter for outputting 1080/p60 video from 12G-SDI 2160/p60 sources.
The new Quad Link SDI mezzanine card fits in the mezzanine slot on the DeckLink 4K Extreme 12G, replacing the standard HDMI card that normally occupies the slot. The mezzanine card is easily replaceable and can be installed directly by customers. Installing the Quad Link SDI mezzanine card gives customers quad link 3G-SDI capture and playback on their DeckLink 4K Extreme 12G card.
Also released by the company is the Desktop Video 10.4.1 software update. This update supports DeckLink 4K Extreme 12G - Quad SDI, and adds 12-bit RGB 4:4:4 support for 2160p30, keying in 1080p60, and deep color support.