Blackmagic Design Teranex Express
Blackmagic Design Teranex Express
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Introducing Teranex Express, the world’s first real time SD, HD and Ultra HD broadcast up and down converter. Featuring advanced patented algorithms, Teranex Express gives you visually transparent quality conversions and are mandated by major broadcasters and studios worldwide. You get an incredible 178 SD, HD and Ultra HD conversions in full 10-bit quality complete with audio, closed captions, timecode and more.
Use Anywhere - Perfect for live events, post and broadcast power supply
Imagine converting your SD to HD all the way up to Ultra HD in real time for presentation on massive outdoor LED displays, digital signs and live concerts or sporting events. Teranex Express is perfect as a dedicated up and down converter between broadcast equipment in television studios, and for remastering older SD and HD tapes into Ultra HD. You can even use Teranex Express in outside broadcast vehicles to up or down convert and synchronize video feeds instantly for live broadcast.
Featuring the familiar Teranex 2D and 3D control panel, Teranex Express has all of the controls you need at your fingertips. The built in LCD monitor lets you easily navigate menus and see source format and frame rate with live video, so you don’t have to use an external monitor. With an elegant machined metal front panel, its compact 1RU size and built in international power supply, Teranex Express not only looks great in your studio, but is also perfect for portable racks and outside broadcast vehicles.
Use Anywhere - Transparent conversions between SD, HD and Ultra HD
Teranex Express can perform an incredible 178 up/down conversions between SD, HD, and Ultra HD in real time. You can use Teranex Express for video conversions or to synchronize non genlocked, external feeds, or cameras into switchers for live production. Conversions retain timecode, include closed caption data, and always maintain perfect audio sync so your video is immediately ready for editing or broadcast.
Advanced Connections - Broadcast quality connections for 24/7 reliability
Teranex Express features the most advanced broadcast connections, including the world’s first dual link 12G-SDI that is compatible with all of your existing SDI equipment. The genlock input lets you synchronize signals between equipment and for larger studios, you can install an optional fiber optic module that lets you run video from up to 28 miles away.
12G-SDI - High speed multi-rate SDI for SD, HD and Ultra HD
Teranex Express is the world’s first broadcast converter to include multi-rate 12G-SDI connections. That means it can switch between 6G-SDI, 3G-SDI, HD-SDI and SD-SDI making it compatibile with all of your existing SD, HD, and Ultra HD equipment. These connections can transfer data at an amazing 12 gigabits per second, making them fast enough to support progressive Ultra HD video at up to 60fps. That means Teranex Express will be able to support emerging formats when they become available, making it the most expandable and future proof solution you can buy.
Teranex Quality - Amazing detail, sharpness and clarity
Teranex Express features the advanced processing technology developed and patented by Teranex, which allows instant calculations on thousands of pixels simultaneously. You get full 10 bit processing, extremely high quality de-interlace and new optical quality Ultra HD scaling algorithms that interpolate images in real time with amazing detail, sharpness and clarity without artifacts. That’s why Teranex conversions are indistinguishable from the original source video.
High Quality Deinterlace - Patented PixelMotion technology and multi direction filtering
Teranex’s proprietary and patented PixelMotion deinterlacing algorithms create perfect progressive frames for conversion by adjusting the aperture on a pixel by pixel basis. That means you get improved image quality because the vertical resolution is maintained. PixelMotion deinterlacing preserves source detail and, when combined with multi direction diagonal filters, eliminates jaggies on conversions so you get well defined edges and the sharpest images possible.
Video Control - Adjust colour, aspect ratio and more.
Now you can quickly and easily find the tools you need to correct colour, convert formats or change aspect ratio. Teranex Express features a logically designed front panel and soft menus so you can adjust luminance, saturation, hue, black level, R-Y/B-Y colour difference, sharpness, and more with the built in proc amp controls. Teranex Express features an integrated LCD screen on the front panel so you can make adjustments with confidence during live broadcasts.
Ancillary Data - Multi channel audio, timecode and subtitles
Video includes a lot more than images, and Teranex supports conversion of up to 16 audio channels plus timecode and closed caption VANC data. Teranex Express is also compatible with Dolby encoded audio, so it never has to be decoded or re-encoded during up and down conversions. With Teranex Express your subtitles are always retained and both audio and timecode always stay in perfect sync with your video.
Mandated By Broadcasters - Teranex is asked for by name worldwide.
Teranex processing is so well known for quality that it has been mandated globally by many country’s broadcasters for converting video. Because of its patented 10-bit processing algorithms and high quality deinterlacing, Teranex conversions look perfect, making distribution simple and problem free.
- SD, HD and Ultra HD broadcast up and down converter
- 178 up/down conversions between SD, HD, and Ultra HD in real time
- Synchronize non genlocked external feeds
- Conversions retain timecode, include closed caption data
- Maintain perfect audio sync so your video is immediately ready for editing or broadcast
- Dual link 12G-SDI
- Switch between 6G-SDI, 3G-SDI, HD-SDI and SD-SDI
| CONNECTIONS | |
| SDI Video Inputs: | 1x BNC (IN A) – 10-bit SD, HD, 2K, 3G HD levels A and B, 6G and 12G Ultra HD auto switching. 1x BNC (IN B) – 10-bit SD, HD, 2K, 3G HD and 6G Ultra HD auto switching. Usable as dual link input for 4:2:2 3G or 6G UHD. |
| SDI Video Input Loops: | 1x BNC (IN A Loop) – Reclocked, 10-bit SD, HD, 2K, 3G HD, 6G and 12G Ultra HD auto switching. 1x BNC (IN B Loop) – Reclocked, 10-bit SD, HD, 2K, 3 Gb/s HD, 6G Ultra HD auto switching. |
| SDI Video Outputs: | 1x BNC (OUT A) – 10-bit SD, HD, 2K, 3G HD levels A and B, 6G and 12G Ultra HD auto switching. 1x BNC (OUT B) – 10-bit SD, HD, 2K, 3G HD levels A and B and 6G Ultra HD auto switching. Usable as dual link output for 4:2:2 3G or 6G Ultra HD. |
| Quad SDI Video Outputs: | SMPTE 435-1 - Quad HD Split (square division method) only. Utilizes SDI Out A for quadrant A, SDI Out B for quadrant B; reconfigures SDI In A Loop for quadrant C, SDI In B Loop for quadrant D. |
| Optical Fiber Video Inputs: | 1x 10bit SD, HD, 3G HD, 2K, Ultra HD auto switching. |
| Optical Fiber Video Outputs: | 1x 10bit SD, HD, 3G HD, 2K, Ultra HD auto switching. Not available while operating in Dual Link or Quad Link output modes. |
| SDI Audio Inputs: | 16 channels in SD, HD, 3G HD, 2K and Ultra HD. |
| SDI Audio Outputs: | 16 channels in SD, HD, 3G HD, 2K and Ultra HD. |
| Optical Fiber Connection (Optional): | 1x SMPTE optical fiber SFP socket. |
| Optical Fiber Audio Inputs: | 16 channels in SD, HD, 3G HD, 2K and Ultra HD. |
| Optical Fiber Audio Outputs: | 16 channels in SD, HD, 3G HD, 2K and Ultra HD. |
| Dolby® Support Built In: | Dolby® AC-3 pass through in all conversions. Dolby® E pass through except during video frame rate conversions. |
| Timecode Inputs: | Support for VITC/ATC. No support for LTC. |
| Timecode Outputs: | Support for VITC/ATC. No support for LTC. |
| Multi Rate Support: | SDI connections are switchable between standard definition, high definition and UltraHD. SDI switches between 270 Mb/s standard definition SDI, 1.5 Gb/s HD-SDI and 2K SDI, 3G HD, 6G and 12G Ultra HD. |
| Reference Input: | 1x BNC - Black Burst or Tri-level sync. |
| Computer Interface: | 1x USB 2.0 mini B port for software updates. 1x RJ45 10/100 Ethernet for remote control and configuration. |
| Processor Interface: | Illuminated pushbuttons, status LEDs and LCD with easy to use onscreen menus. |
| STANDARDS | |
| SD Video Standards: | 525i59.94 NTSC, 625i50 PAL |
| 1.5G-SDI HD Video Standards: | 720p50, 720p59.94, 720p60 1080p23.98, 1080p24, 1080p25, 1080p29.97, 1080p30, 1080PsF23.98, 1080PsF24, 1080PsF25, 1080PsF29.97, 1080PsF30 1080i50, 1080i59.94, 1080i60 |
| 3G-SDI HD Video Standards: | 1080p50, 1080p59.94, 1080p60 levels A and B |
| 2K Video Standards: | 2K DCI 23.98p, 2K DCI 24p 2K DCI 23.98PsF, 2K DCI 24PsF |
| Ultra HD Video Standards: | 2160p23.98, 2160p24, 2160p25, 2160p29.97, 2160p30, 2160p50, 2160p59.94, 2160p60 |
| SDI Compliance: | SMPTE 259M, SMPTE 292M, SMPTE 296M, SMPTE 372M, SMPTE 425M |
| SDI Metadata Support: | VITC/ATC support, SMPTE 12M. Video indexing support including WSS, RP186 and AFD, SMPTE 2016. Closed captioning support for conversions to and from 608 and 708, SMPTE 334M. |
| Audio Sampling: | Television standard sample rate of 48kHz and 24-bit |
| Video Sampling: | 4:2:2 SDI |
| Colour Precision: | 10-bit |
| Colour Space: | REC 601, REC 709 |
| SDI Video Standards: | 525 NTSC, 625 PAL, 720HD, 1080HD, 2K 2048 x 1080 and Ultra HD 3840 x 2160 auto switching. |
| PROCESSING | |
| Aspect Ratio Conversion: | Real time variable and fixed aspect ratio conversions. |
| Real Time Video Processing: | Includes noise reduction, cadence detection with insertion/removal, scene cut detection, color correction and proc amp control |
| Format Conversion: | Real time up conversion, down conversion , cross conversion and SD/HD/UHD standards conversion. |
| Colourspace Conversion: | Hardware based real time |
| Test Patterns: | SMPTE 75% Bars; full field color bars 75%; convergence grid; multiburst ; black. |
| SOFTWARE | |
| Software Control: | Teranex Setup software control application included free of charge for changing settings via Windows 8.1, Windows 10 and Mac. |
| Internal Software Upgrade: | Via USB Type-B 2.0 using the included Teranex Setup application |
| OPERATING SYSTEMS | |
| Windows: | Windows 10, 64-bit. |
| Mac: | Mac 10.15 Catalina, Mac 11.1 Big Sur or later. |
| PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS | |
| Dimensions: | 482 x 125 x 44.2mm |
| Weight: | 1.45g |
| PHYSICAL INSTALLATION | |
| Physical Installation: | 1 rack unit size. Less than 5 inches deep. |
| POWER REQUIREMENTS | |
| Power Supply: | 1 x built-in international AC power supply with IEC C14 inlet. IEC power cable required. 100-240V, 50-60Hz |
| Typical Power Consumption: | 42 watts |
| ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS | |
| Operating Temperature: | 0° to 40° C (32° to 104° F) |
| Storage Temperature: | -20° to 45° C (-4° to 113° F) |
| Relative Humidity: | 0% to 90% non-condensing |
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