1. DeckLink HD Ext reme 3 D™
Connect ions
SDI Video Input 2 x 1 0 -bit SD/ HD/ 2 K and 2 D/ 3 D swit chable.
Support s 3 Gb/ s single link 4 :2 :2 / 4 :4 :4 and dual link 4:2 :2/ 4 :4 :4 .
SDI Video Out put 2 x 1 0 -bit SD/ HD/ 2 K and 2 D/ 3 D swit chable.
Support s 3 Gb/ s single link 4 :2 :2 / 4 :4 :4 and dual link 4:2 :2/ 4 :4 :4 .
Analog Video Input 1 x Component YUV on 3 BNCs swit chable t o S-Video or Composit e.
Component support s HD and SD.
Analog Video Out put 1 x Component YUV on 3 BNCs swit chable t o S-Video and Composit e.
Component support s HD and SD.
HDMI Video Input 1 x HDMI t ype A connect or
HDMI Video Out put 1 x HDMI t ype A connect or
SDI Audio Input 1 6 Channels embedded in SD, HD and 2 K.
SDI Audio Out put 1 6 Channels embedded in SD, HD and 2 K.
Analog Audio Input 2 Channels of prof essional balanced analog audio via XLR connect ors.
Analog Audio Out put 2 Channels of prof essional balanced analog audio via XLR connect ors.
HDMI Audio Input 8 Channels embedded in SD and HD.
HDMI Audio Out put 8 Channels embedded in SD and HD.
AES/ EBU Audio Input 2 Channels unbalanced wit h sample rat e convert er.
AES/ EBU Audio Out put 2 Channels unbalanced.
Sync Input Blackburst in SD, 7 2 0 p5 0 , 7 20 p5 9 .9 4 , 1 0 8 0 i5 0 and 1 0 8 0 i5 9 .9 4 f ormat s
or Tri-Sync in any HD or 2 K f ormat .
Device Cont rol Sony™ compat ible RS4 2 2 deck cont rol port s.
Serial port s TxRx direct ion reversible under sof t ware cont rol.
Comput er Int erface PCI Express 4 lane, compat ible wit h 4 , 8 and 1 6 lane PCIe slot s.
St andards
2 K Format Support 2 0 4 8 x 1 5 5 6 PsF2 3 .9 8 , 2 0 4 8 x 1 5 5 6 PsF2 4 , 2 0 4 8 x 1 5 5 6 PsF2 5 , 2 0 4 8 x
1 5 5 6 p2 3 .9 8 , 2 0 4 8 x 1 5 5 6 p2 4 and 2 0 4 8 x 1 5 5 6 p2 5 .
HD Format Support 7 2 0 p5 0 , 7 2 0 p5 9 .9 4 , 7 2 0 p6 0 , 1 0 8 0 PsF2 3 .9 8 , 1 0 8 0 p2 3 .9 8 , 1 0 8 0 PsF2 4 ,
1 0 8 0 p2 4 , 1 0 8 0 PsF2 5 , 1 0 8 0 p2 5 , 1 0 8 0 PsF2 9 .9 7 , 1 0 8 0 p2 9 .9 7 ,
1 0 8 0 PsF3 0 , 1 0 8 0 p3 0 , 1 0 8 0 i5 0 , 1 0 8 0 p5 0 , 1 0 8 0 i5 9 .9 4 , 1 0 8 0 p5 9 .9 4 ,
1 0 8 0 i6 0 , and 1 0 8 0 p6 0 .
SD Format Support 6 2 5 / 2 5 PAL, 5 2 5 / 2 9 .9 7 NTSC, 5 2 5 / 2 3 .9 8 NTSC and 4 8 0 p.
SDI Compliance SMPTE 2 5 9 M, SMPTE 2 9 2 M, SMPTE 3 7 2 M, ITU-R BT.6 5 6 and ITU-R BT.6 0 1 .
Mult iple Rat e support SDI, HDMI and component analog video connect ions are swit chable bet ween
st andard def init ion and high def init ion. SDI swit ches bet ween 2 7 0 Mb/ s
st andard def init ion SDI, 1.5 Gb/ s HD-SDI and 3 Gb/ s HD and 2 K SDI.
Video Sampling 4 :2 :2 and 4 :4:4
Color Precision 1 0 bit
Color Space 4 :2 :2 YUV and 4:4 :4 RGB
SDI Met adat a Support VITC read f or 3:2 pulldown removal. VANC capt ure and playback using up t o
3 lines of video in f ile. HD RP1 8 8 . Closed capt ioning.
Audio Sampling Television st andard sample rat e of 4 8 kHz and 2 4 bit .

2. HDMI Configurat ion HDMI aut omat ically conf igures t o connect ed display.
HDMI Resolut ion Pixel f or pixel HD resolut ion input t o connect ed device.
HDMI Color Precision 1 0 bit
Copy Prot ect ion For legal reasons HDMI input is unable t o capt ure f rom copy prot ect ed HDMI
sources. Always conf irm copyright ownership bef ore capt ure or dist ribut ion
of cont ent .
Processing
Colorspace Conversion Hardware based real t ime.
HD Down Conversion Built in, high qualit y hardware down convert er out put s HD-SDI on SDI A
out put , SD-SDI on SDI B out put and Composit e and S-Video when working in
HD video f ormat s on playback. Swit ch analog video t o Component and
choose HD or SD out put . Select able bet ween let t erbox, anamorphic 1 6 :9
and cent er cut 4 :3 .
HD Up Conversion Built -in, high qualit y hardware up conversion f rom SD t o 7 2 0 HD or 1 0 8 0 HD
on playback. Select able bet ween 4 :3 pillarbox, 1 4 :9 pillarbox and 1 6 :9
zoom. HD out put s via HD-SDI, HDMI and component analog.
Cross Conversion Built -in, high qualit y hardware cross conversion f rom 7 2 0 HD t o 1 0 8 0 HD and
1 0 8 0 HD t o 7 2 0 HD on playback.
3 D Processing Dual st ream SDI capt ure & playback.
Real Time Effect s Apple Final Cut Pro™ int ernal ef f ect s in DV, DVCPRO HD, ProRes and
uncompressed on Int el Mac OS X™ Adobe® Premiere Pro® int ernal ef f ect s
.
in DV, DVCPRO HD, MJPEG and uncompressed.
Ext ras
Soft ware Included Media Express, Disk Speed Test , LiveKey, Blackmagic Syst em Pref erences
and Blackmagic driver on Mac OS X™ Media Express, Disk Speed Test ,
.
LiveKey, Blackmagic Cont rol Panel and Blackmagic driver on Windows™ .
Media Express, Blackmagic Cont rol Panel and Blackmagic driver on Linux.
Firmware Upgrade Firmware built int o sof t ware driver. Loaded at syst em st art or via updat er
sof t ware.
Inst allat ion PCI Express 4 lane, compat ible wit h 4 , 8 , 1 6 lane PCI Express slot s on Mac
OS X™ Windows™ and Linux. Mac OS X™ syst ems require a Mac Pro
,
comput er. Please check t he Support pages t o see t he f ull syst em
requirement s.
Product Warrant y 3 Year Limit ed Manuf act urer' s Warrant y.
Breakout Cable

3. DeckLink HD Ext reme Test Result s
Test card was t aken f rom a t ypical product ion run. The HD/ SD-SDI out put f rom DeckLink HD Ext reme was
connect ed t o a Tekt ronix WFM-7 0 0 HD-SDI wavef orm monit or and t est signal video f iles were used. Test
result s can vary slight ly f rom t hese result s bet ween dif f erent models t est ed due t o component t olerances
used in product ion.
SDI Component Parade SDI Component Vect or
SDI Eye Pat t ern in HD SDI Jit t er Perf ormance in HD

4. SDI Eye Pat t ern in SD SDI Jit t er Perf ormance in SD
SDI Channel St at us SDI Arrowhead