NAB: Blackmagic Design announces Blackmagic Video Recorder
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Apr 15, 2008 at 7:01am
At this week’s National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) event Blackmagic Design announced the new Blackmagic Video Recorder, a compact USB video capture product that captures files direct to H.264 files for the iPod, iPhone Apple TV, YouTube, IPTV, web or full resolution archiving.
The H.264 file format used with Video Recorder will allow direct capture to files compatible with mobile devices such as iPods. Long tapes can be captured, and then dropped into iTunes for syncing with iPod, iPhone, or Apple TV devices.
There are two models of Blackmagic Video Recorder: an analog one for consumers, and an SDI one for professionals. It provides an analog component, NTSC, PAL and S-Video input, and allows capture from any analog source, such as VHS, Video-8, DVD, set top boxes and more. The Blackmagic Video Recorder SDI features standard definition SDI input and RS-422 deck control for connection to any broadcast deck.
It will be available in mid-July for US$119. Blackmagic Video Recorder SDI will retail at $299.
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