Blackmagic Design DeckLink HD Pro.(Other products of note)(Brief Article)

DeckLink HD Pro, which Blackmagic Design says is the world's highest quality uncompressed dual-link capture card for 4:4:4-sampled 12-bit HDTV, has an affordable price point to boot.

The US$2,495 card, which includes multi-standard analogue video monitoring, uses the twin-channel HD-SDI format for inputs and outputs along with normal SDI connections instantly switchable between HD-SDI 4:2:2 or SD-SDI.

DeckLink HD is claimed to be the first video card to use a high speed PCI-X 133 MHz slot. It can also be plugged into a slower 66 MHz or even 33 MHz PCI slot for SD only work. ...