Australian company Blackmagic Design has announced a swag of new products while displaying at the IBC SHow in Europe

• Intensity Extreme, a Thunderbolt based HDMI and analog capture and playback device that is Thunderbolt powered so it needs no power supply.  It will be available in Q4 for $309 (AU$ Inc GST).  This is our second Thunderbolt based product. (http://www.blackmagic-design.com/press/pressdetails/?releaseID=25114)
• SmartView HD. This is a full resolution HD rack monitor for easy color matching and comes with a 17” LCD, 3Gb/s SDI video inputs & central control for $919 (AU$ Inc GST).  This is the second product in our SmartView rack mounted monitor line. We announced the SmartView Duo at NAB and have been shipping that since the early summer. (http://www.blackmagic-design.com/press/pressdetails/?releaseID=25113)
• Heavy Duty Mini Converters: 4 new models of Mini Converters that are machined from a solid block of aluminum. They also include 3 Gb/s SDI, redundant SDI inputs and an international power supply. There is a great video on the product site (http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/miniconverters/) of us running over some of these with a tank and they still work. These are available for $615 (AU$ Inc GST).  (http://www.blackmagic-design.com/press/pressdetails/?releaseID=25112)
• Resolve for Windows (http://www.blackmagic-design.com/press/pressdetails/?releaseID=25111). Users will be able to swap back and forth between Mac and Windows on a single license. This will be available in early 2012.
• Resolve 8.1 (http://www.blackmagic-design.com/press/pressdetails/?releaseID=25110), which includes ACES colorspace support, new effects, improved AAF and Media Composer workflows and support for MacBook Pro 15”.
• Resolve Linux free with the purchase of a DaVinci control surface. (http://www.blackmagic-design.com/press/pressdetails/?releaseID=25109)
• ATEM Studio Converter. This is a Quad rack mounted optical fiber SDI converter with built in talkback for $2045 (AU$ Inc GST).  This is perfect for live production because users can install it as a regular optical fiber converter and each of the optical fiber converters are totally independent of each other and bi-directional. (http://www.blackmagic-design.com/press/pressdetails/?releaseID=25108)
• HyperDeck Shuttle Mounting Plate: This is a new attachment for our popular HyperDeck Shuttle SSD recorder. It allows the Shuttle to be attached to any 1/4” or 3/8’ thread on a camera or camera accessory. It is available for $105 (AU$ Inc GST).  (http://www.blackmagic-design.com/press/pressdetails/?releaseID=25107)
• OpenGear Converters: We will be shipping new UpDownCross and SDI Distribution models. UpDownCross converts between SD and HD formats, and SDI Distribution has a full range of SDI conversion tool to allow video input signals to 9 reclocked outputs simultaneously and switches SDI standards when SDI inputs change. (http://www.blackmagic-design.com/press/pressdetails/?releaseID=25106)
• AMD FirePro SDI-Link: We will be integrating our capture and playback cards with AMD’s FirePro SDI-Link, which was announced today as well. ( http://www.blackmagic-design.com/press/pressdetails/?releaseID=25105)

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