EPIC/SCARLET DRAGON 3G HD-SDI

[Filip Orlandic]

Is there any plan for 3G HD-SDI upgrade?

 

[Robert Berger]

Is there any plan for 3G HD-SDI upgrade?

I hope it will come with the dragon upgrade so we can use 4K monitor's

 

[Mark Britton]

3G SDI drives a 1080p signal over a single wire. You either get 1080p 4:4:4 at 24/30fps or 1080p 4:2:2 at up to 60fps. It won't give you UHD output to a monitor.

 

[Jared Caldwell]

I wonder if there will be a 6G-SDI module available at some point.

 

[Eryc Tramonn]

While REDuser is definitely the place for rampant speculation, I have not read anything in regard to the prospect of 4K monitoring with the imminent Dragon upgrade. The following are the HD-SDI signal stats that I am aware of:

1.5G mode allows 1280 x 720p 4:2:2 at 50 or 60 fps; or 1920 x 1080p 4:2:2 at 24, 25, or 30 fps in both record and playback.

3G mode allows 1920 x 1080p 4:4:4 (RGB) at 24, 25, or 30 fps; and 1920 x 1080p 4:2:2 at 50 or 60 fps - both in record and playback

And if memory serves me correctly, it will do 2K 444 or 422.

Best,

Eryc

 

[Mathieu Ghekiere]

Doesn't the 4K Black Magic Camera have 6G HDSDI, that allows 4K over one BNC cable?

And I think all Black Magic's new videomixers have 6G HDSDI as well, for having a completely 4K Live Mixing Environment.

I think, in that context, that RED and their current hardware specifically doesn't allow 4K monitoring, is a bit of a weakness.

 

[Bobby Farokhzad]

http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/press/pressdetails?releaseID=38169

 

[Jake Wilganowski]

Yes it's pretty badass of blackmagic. Why red wouldn't adopt this I don't know. 4k, 1 cable, locking industry standard connection. I'm sold.

 

[Nick Timmons]

It's gigbits, not gigahertz.
Some Blackmagic products do support their own '6G' SDI, but I've heard of nothing having it that they don't make. Their Decklink 4K Extreme supports it, with a firmware update.
Good luck trying to find something to plug it into, though...

 

[Eryc Tramonn]

It's gigbits, not gigahertz.
Some Blackmagic products do support their own '6G' SDI, but I've heard of nothing having it that they don't make. Their Decklink 4K Extreme supports it, with a firmware update.
Good luck trying to find something to plug it into, though...

Thanks for the correction, Nick.