Blackmagic SmartScope Duo 4K

Made from solid steel, the rack-mountable Blackmagic SmartView Duo 4K incorporates two 8" screens for SDI monitoring with waveform analysis. Each monitor is independent, so users have a choice of displaying input video or one of seven scope displays: luminance waveform, vectorscope, RGB parade, YUV parade, histogram, audio phase and level.

Key Features: Blackmagic SmartScope Duo 4K

• Dual 8" 3 RU SDI/HD-SDI/3G-SDI/6G-SDI monitoring with built-in scopes for technical waveform monitoring
• Analyse video and audio signals with broadcast accuracy
• LCD displays in a 3 rack unit size chassis (less than 1" thick), making it perfect for both broadcast and portable use
• Scope displays: waveform, vectorscope, RGB parade, YUV parade, histogram, audio phase and level scopes, or video itself
• SmartView includes tally borders displayed in green, red or blue to signify preview, on air, or recording
• Control SmartView software for Windows and Mac OS X lets you make changes
• Connects via ethernet and all monitors can be adjusted remotely from one location, making it easy to match monitors
• Dimensions: 482mm x 133mm x 32mm
• Weight: 1.53kg

Choose from the following scope displays:

Select Picture
SmartScope Duo 4K gives you the choice to select a scope display or regular video on each of the 8 inch LCD displays. You can even monitor video on one LCD while running a scope such as waveform, histogram or audio on the other screen. This is a powerful combination because you can see the video you're monitoring alongside a real time scope measurement, all on the same SmartScope Duo 4K. You can always rely on SmartScope Duo 4K to give you broadcast accurate monitoring, ensuring your video production has perfect video and audio levels at all times.

Waveform
Waveform display is perfect for adjusting video levels or matching black background levels when keying. Waveform Display features a luminance waveform of the black and white levels in your video signal. It's perfect for setting the output levels on your broadcast decks and generally monitoring the levels of your production while you edit. Waveform display is a vital tool for color grading and a valuable reference for unifying background levels when keying.

Vectorscope
A vectorscope is the only way to measure colours in video accurately. If you're colour correcting video, vectorscope shows when color has been removed or nulled out for accurate white balance. When you need to apply a tint, vectorscope lets you see exactly how much tint you're adding and what colour it is. Sometimes monitors cannot be trusted, but with vectorscope you'll always know the exact colours you're working with! You can also easily align hue on decks using a vectorscope.

Parade Display
The real time RGB parade waveform view is the ideal scope for accurate colour correction. You can see the colour balance in 'blacks', 'mids' and 'whites', making it easy to balance colors for perfect looking images. RGB Parade lets you check for illegal colours because any video that drops below the black line, or above the 100% line, is an illegal RGB colour. Vectorscope view cannot show illegal video levels, because vectorscope only plots colors and not the luminance component of video. However the RGB parade plots your video as R, G and B and so is the perfect way to keep track of illegal video levels. You can also select YUV parade display which shows the YUV component video as its transmitted down the SDI cable and is perfect for broadcast engineering analysis of SDI signals.

Audio View
Monitor your audio levels with 16 channels of audio metering for viewing every channel in the SDI video connection! The audio scope also includes a stereo phase meter that can be selected to different SDI audio pairs. The stereo phase meter plots left and right audio as an XY scope display so you know exactly what your audio is at all times. It's easy to see audio problems such as clipping, and out of phase audio can be seen as a left or right leaning display. If you don't get a vertical oriented waveform then you know your audio channel balance is out! No audio problem can hide from audio scope display.

Histogram
Clipping levels on a live shoot results in loss of detail, which can cause huge problems when you try to adjust 'blacks' or 'whites' in post production. Histogram view lets you see where the pixels are in your video, and how they are distributed from black to white. You can see if your video is clipping and adjust the camera iris and ISO settings to keep all black and white detail in the image. This means you have the full contrast range of video for easy colour correction during post production. Histogram will transform your shoots because you can see exactly what you're recording and the colorist who works on your job will benefit from the availability of the full contrast range of the camera.

Software Update
You can download software updates to your SmartView monitor to add new features in the future. You can also download new software to the SmartScope Duo 4K model so you can add new types of scopes as they become available. Programmable internal software means you can get new features, compatibility with new hardware and support for new formats in the future. When downloading updates of the SmartView Utility, it will automatically detect the software of your hardware and then ask you to update if necessary. The software update is then downloaded for you and is simple to perform.

Specifications:

Connections:

• SDI Video Input: Automatically switches between SD, HD and 3G-SDI. Reclocked loop through output
• SDI Audio Input: 16 channels embedded in SD, HD and UHD
• Multi Rate Support: Standard definition SDI, high definition SDI and 6G-SDI
• SDI Video Output: 1 x 10 bit loop through SD, HD and 6G-SDI switchable
• SDI Audio Output: 16 channels embedded in SD, HD and UHD
• Tally: 9-pin D connector

Standards:

• SD Format Support: 525i29.97 NTSC, 625i25 PAL
• HD Format Support: 720p50, 59.94, 60. 1080p23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, 59.94, 60. 1080PsF23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30. 1080i50, 59.94, 60
• 2K Format Support: 2K DCI 23.98p, 2K DCI 24p, 2K DCI 25p. 2K DCI 23.98PsF, 2K DCI 24PsF, 2K DCI 25PsF
• Ultra HD Format Support: 2160p23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30
• SDI Compliance: SMPTE 259M, SMPTE 292M, SMPTE 296M, SMPTE 372M, SMPTE 424M Level B and SMPTE 425M
• Audio Sampling: Television sample rate of 48KHz
• Video Sampling: 4:2:2 and 4:4:4
• Colour Precision: 8-bit
• Colour Space: YUV and RGB
• Computer Interface: USB 2.0 for software updates and Ethernet for configuration
• Colorspace Conversion: Hardware based real time

Software:

• Software Included: Configuration utility for MAC and Windows
• Internal Software Upgrade: Via included firmware updater software
• Physical Installation: 3RU

Power Requirements:

• Power Supply: 12V universal power supply included with international socket adapters for all countries
• Power Consumption: < 20 Watts
• Operational Voltage Range: 12V - 15V