BOXX Technologies announced that its 8200 series of high-performance workstations based on dual Intel Xeon processors are certified for the Blackmagic DeckLink HD Pro, a high-quality broadcast video card designed for the most demanding high-end television and feature film post-production.
By validating Blackmagics DeckLink HD Pro for our BOXX 8200 workstations, we deliver what customers have been asking for more performance and better value. The combination of a BOXX 8200 Series Workstation and a DeckLink HD Pro creates an extremely powerful and cost-effective HD solution that supports the highest-quality video standards in existence today, said Todd Bryant, cto of BOXX. We are confident the qualification of BOXX with Blackmagic will be very well received within the postproduction community.
"BOXX are well known as one of the hottest companies for high-performance workstations, and we are incredibly excited to be working with them to produce solutions for our customers, added Grant Petty, ceo of Blackmagic Design. BOXX workstations have the high performance disks and memory speeds we need to handle the high bandwidth of uncompressed video for HD and feature film work. That's an ideal combination for DeckLink HD cards from Blackmagic Design.
Supporting the highest quality video standards that exist today, DeckLink HD Pro is fully Dual Link HD-SDI 4:4:4 based using two-channel HD-SDI inputs and outputs. Other features include:
* True multi-standard, switchable between SD NTSC or PAL and HD, 1080i, 1080p and 720p including under and over crank Varcam* True 14-bit analog 4:4:4 HDTV and SD monitoring output* Dual Link 4:4:4 or 4:2:2 1080HD, 720HD, NTSC/PAL* 8, 10 and 12-bit uncompressed RGB or YUV* Fully digital SMPTE-259M /292M/296/372M10-bit SDI input and output with embedded SDI audio; switchable between SD SDI and HD* Independent monitoring of HD/ SD SDI video output and more
BOXX 8200 Series workstations offer extreme performance, dependability and innovation and are optimized for all media creation applications from 2D/3D graphics and visual simulation to digital video and HD. Features include:
* Dual Intel Xeon processors, including the new 64-bit Intel Xeon 3.6 processors with 2MB cache* Intel E7525 Chipset* 800MHz frontside bus* Up to 16GB DDR2-400 memory* Up to 5TB Raidcore RAID 5 SATA storage and more
BOXX Technologies (www.boxxtech.com), headquartered in Austin, Texas, delivers technology to the innovators in the digital media community with high-performance, flexible workstations and turnkey solutions that enhance creativity and fuel innovation. The BOXX series of high-end workstations are used extensively throughout the 3D, visual effects, animation, broadcast, post-production, digital video and film and HD communities.
Australia-based Blackmagic Design (www.blackmagic-design.com) manufactures the world's highest quality video cards for the post-production and television broadcast industries.
Bill Desowitz, former editor of VFXWorld, is currently the Crafts Editor of IndieWire.
