Thoughts on the Viewcast Osprey 820e for Broadcast

[joedemax]

Problem there is that thats SDI, a lot of my clients want HDMI inputs.

[andrewzarian]

I would love to see black magic make a Duo or Quad Intensity pro

[cseeman]

I would love to see black magic make a Duo or Quad Intensity pro

I can't help but feel there's either market or technical reasons why that hasn't happened. I can only guess.

[TomSinclair]

Soon to market is the Yuan SC510, a 4-port HDMI capture card. Price and available are tbd. Yuan showed this off at NAB.

[cseeman]

Problem there is that thats SDI, a lot of my clients want HDMI inputs.

Blackmagic HDMI to SDI convertors at $295 each
http://www.blackmagic-design.com/pro...niconverters//

While the overall solution might seem pricey with Quad at $995 and each convertor at $295 (nearly $2200) that works out to about $550 for each input and with SDI, unlike HDMI, it's very easy to do long cable runs.