Blackmagic Design Announces New Intensity Shuttle with Thunderbolt™ Technology.
CES 2012, Las Vegas, USA - January 10, 2012 - Blackmagic Design today announced Intensity Shuttle Thunderbolt, a revolutionary new video capture and playback solution that uses Intel’s groundbreaking Thunderbolt™ technology. Intensity Shuttle Thunderbolt makes the highest quality 10-bit SD and HD video affordable for everyone, in a truly portable solution that’s priced at only $255 AU$ (Inc GST).
Intensity Shuttle Thunderbolt will be displayed on the Intel CES 2012 booth at Central Hall #7253.
Intensity Shuttle Thunderbolt features all the video connections needed to connect video cameras, set-top boxes, game consoles, large screen TVs and projectors to a Thunderbolt-enabled computer. The attractive inline design includes HDMI, analogue component, composite and S-Video inputs and outputs. These high quality HDMI and RCA connectors are the worldwide standard for connecting digital and analogue consumer video equipment.
Thunderbolt™ enabled computers connect to Intensity Shuttle Thunderbolt using a single cable that is capable of 10 Gbps data transfer speeds, that’s 20x faster than USB 2.0 and 12x faster than FireWire 800. Intensity Shuttle Thunderbolt is powered over the Thunderbolt™ cable and with no need for an external power supply, is a completely portable device that can be moved easily between laptop and desktop computers.
Intensity Shuttle Thunderbolt uses the same high quality electronics as Blackmagic Design’s high end broadcast capture and playback solutions! Now it’s possible to capture live game play, archive family movies and create amazing videos in full broadcast quality 1080HD video! Intensity Shuttle Thunderbolt’s HDMI output can be connected to large screen HDTVs and projectors for full high resolution monitoring and playback of your work!
Most consumer video cameras compress HD video to fit longer recordings on to tapes and discs. For video editing compressed media needs to be decoded to play back each frame of video and this puts additional strain on a computer’s CPU and limits real time editing effects. Capturing directly with Intensity Shuttle Thunderbolt bypasses camera compression by recording directly from the camera’s image sensor, so a low cost consumer camera can be used to capture full HD resolution video in broadcast quality!
Intensity Shuttle Thunderbolt offers the flexibility of working with compressed and uncompressed video in standard definition PAL/NTSC up to full 1080p HD video. Blackmagic Design’s Media Express software is included for a complete capture and playback solution without the need for any additional software. Video files are fully compatible with popular editing and design software including Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, Avid Media Composer, Adobe Photoshop and After Effects.
“Using Intensity Shuttle with Thunderbolt™ technology combines the quality and speed that videographers demand”, said Grant Petty, CEO, Blackmagic Design. “It’s incredibly exciting when technologies come together and create new opportunities for the way people work with video. The barriers of working with broadcast quality video have gone forever and everyone can create amazing looking work!”
Intensity Shuttle Thunderbolt Features
- SD and HD compressed and uncompressed 10-bit video capture and playback.
- HDMI in and out.
- Component analogue in and out.
- Composite video in and out.
- S-Video in and out.
- Stereo analogue audio in and out.
- Thunderbolt™ port.
- Powered over Thunderbolt™ cable.
- Supports Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, Avid Media Composer and leading editing software.
- Supports Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, The Foundry and more design and compositing tools.
- Includes Blackmagic Design Media Express capture and playback software.
Availability and Price
Intensity Shuttle Thunderbolt™ will be available in Q1 2012 for $255 AU$ (Inc GST) from all Blackmagic Design resellers worldwide.
Press Photography
Product photos for Intensity Shuttle Thunderbolt™, and all other Blackmagic Design products, are available at www.blackmagic-design.com/press/images.
About Blackmagic Design
Blackmagic Design creates the world’s highest quality video editing products, colour correctors, video converters, video monitoring, routers, live production switchers, disk recorders, waveform monitors and film restoration software for the feature film, post production and television broadcast industries. Blackmagic Design’s DeckLink capture cards launched a revolution in quality and affordability, while the company’s DaVinci Emmy award winning colour correction products have dominated the television and film industry since 1984. Blackmagic Design continues ground breaking innovations including stereoscopic 3D and 4K workflows. Founded by world leading post production editors and engineers, Blackmagic Design has offices in the USA, UK, Japan, Singapore, and Australia. For more information, please check www.blackmagic-design.com.
About New Magic Australia Pty Ltd (Australian and New Zealand Blackmagic Design master distributor)
New Magic Australia Pty Ltd is a recognised leader in the distribution and marketing of multimedia hardware and software, representing a carefully selected range of innovative, leading manufacturers and catering for both the professional and consumer markets. New Magic Australia established in 1993 is the Australian distributor of Blackmagic Design, Convergent Design, NewTek LightWave 3D, Hauppauge Computer Works Inc, Rotolight, Cubix, Matrox Video Products and Sony Creative Software products. www.newmagic.com.au
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