The new Blackmagic OpenGear Converters give you a great range of conversion, all packed with the latest video technologies at an affordable price! OpenGear is the television industry’s open standard for rack based conversion and processing. Get the freedom and cost savings of an open standard combined with centralised network control and monitoring using the OpenGear DashBoard software on Windows™, Mac OS X™ and Linux™.

Auto Switching SD and HD
Blackmagic OpenGear Converters instantly switch between all SD and HD video formats the instant the video input changes. A huge range of standards are supported including NTSC, PAL, 1080i/59.94, 1080i/50, 1080PsF/23.98, 1080PsF/24, 720p/59.94, 720p/50 and new formats can be added via USB.

8 Great Models
Choose from analogue, HDMI, audio, optical fiber, and sync generator models! There’s a single card model for each type of video conversion. All models have 3 Gb/s SDI technology that auto switches between SD, HD and 3 Gb/s HD-SDI formats. All AES/EBU audio inputs feature sample rate converters, and all audio connections can be switched between analogue and AES/EBU audio.

Open Architecture Converters
Blackmagic OpenGear Converters are fully compatible with the OpenGear standard. OpenGear is an open standard for rack mount converters and processing for television broadcasters. OpenGear uses a 2 rack unit rack frame that holds up to 10 plug in cards, or a double density frame can be used to hold up to 20 cards. Many manufacturers develop OpenGear cards and frames that can be mixed and matched. OpenGear cards are hot swappable and can be controlled by java based DashBoard network control and monitoring software on Windows™, Mac OS X™, and Linux™.

Redundant SDI Input
Blackmagic OpenGear Converters feature 24 bit analogue and 24 bit digital audio. You can select either analogue or AES/EBU digital audio via mini switches, or remotely via the DashBoard network control software. Blackmagic OpenGear Converters will then switch to use either analogue or AES/EBU digital audio. Blackmagic OpenGear Converters support the standard 2 channel and 4 channel audio rear modules, so they can be used with other brand OpenGear products.

High Quality
Blackmagic OpenGear Converters are built to the highest quality standards with low SDI jitter. You get the longest SDI cable lengths combined with ultra low noise analogue video and audio for a true broadcast quality solution.

Hardware Down Converter
If you have older standard definition analogue equipment in your facility then you’ll know how hard it is when modern SDI equipment unexpectedly changes between SD and HD. Blackmagic OpenGear Converter SDI to analogue includes an incredible quality HD down converter that automatically adapts to the input video format and outputs standard definition video in letterbox, anamorphic 16:9 or center cut 4:3.

Easy to Use
Blackmagic OpenGear Converters are similar, so they’re easy to understand. With advanced 3 Gb/s SDI technology, every card is fully compatible with all your SD and HD equipment, plus you can update new formats via USB. Blackmagic OpenGear Converters can be set up via mini switches, DashBoard, or via USB using Blackmagic Design’s Converter Utility. That’s three completely different ways to configure, so you’re never stuck in a critical live situation.

New 3 Gb/s SDI Technology
With the latest 3 Gb/s SDI technology built into Blackmagic OpenGear Converters, you know you’re getting the latest technology. New standards can be uploaded via the USB port. 3 Gb/s SDI is also fully compatible with all your SD and HD equipment.

Cards to Choose from:

SDI to Analogue
Includes everything you need to convert from SDI to analogue HD/SD component, NTSC and PAL video out, plus balanced AES/EBU and analogue audio out. Easily connect to Betacam SP, VHS and analogue video monitors. Features a built in hardware down converter to connect HD-SDI video to SD equipment.

Analogue to SDI
Perfect for converting from analogue HD/SD component, NTSC, PAL or S-Video to SDI out with balanced AES/EBU and analogue audio embedding. Now you can convert analogue devices such as Betacam SP, VHS, set top boxes, gaming consoles and HDV cameras to incredible quality SD/HD-SDI video.

SDI to HDMI
Converts from SDI to HDMI video out with embedded HDMI audio. Imagine using big screen televisions and video projectors as broadcast video monitors! Now it’s incredibly easily connect a huge range of HDMI displays to SDI based equipment.

HDMI to SDI
Ideal for converting from non copy protected HDMI devices to SDI out with embedded SDI audio from the HDMI input. Now you can convert HDMI video devices to SDI, or add SDI outputs to computers with HDMI compatibility.

SDI to Audio
Includes everything you need to de-embed 4 channels of analogue audio or 8 channels of AES/EBU digital audio from any SDI video connection. Now you can easily access the audio in any SDI video connection for output to audio equipment such as audio mixers, analogue broadcast decks, audio monitors and more.

Audio to SDI
Includes everything you need to embed 4 channels of analogue audio or 8 channels of AES/EBU digital audio into any SDI video connection. Embed audio from audio mixers and analogue decks into SDI video connections for use with SDI routers and decks, or to add extra audio channels to video converters.

Optical Fiber
Convert SDI to Optical Fiber, and Optical Fiber to SDI simultaneously. Blackmagic OpenGear Optical Fiber auto switches between any SD, HD, 3 Gb/s HD-SDI video standards and each direction is completely independent.

Sync Generator
Includes 10 crystal stabilised video reference outputs for referencing all the video equipment in your studio with either high definition tri-sync or standard definition black burst. Perfect for small studios or outside broadcasts.

Key Features:-

• Auto Switching SD and HD
  
• 8 Models to choose from
  
• Easy to use