MOTU ships V3HD, a brand new audio and video FireWire interface which turns your Mac or PC desktop or laptop computer into a powerful HD/SD video production workstation equipped with all the video and audio I/O you need.
Feature Highlights :
- HD/SD FireWire video interface for Mac and Windows
- Supports Apple Final Cut Pro on the Mac and Adobe Premiere Pro on Windows
- Plug-and-play connectivity via FireWire - provides HD and SD capture and playback for any current-generation FireWire equipped computer, including Mac & PC laptops
- Capture and play back 720 and 1080 HD over FireWire via industry standard DVCPro HD capture format for direct, native import into - and playback from - Final Cut and Premiere
- Across-the-board compatibility and pristine quality - DVCPro HD capture format provides 100 Mb/sec quality and CPU-efficient, frame-based (non-GOP) native editing
- Capture and play back uncompressed 10-bit SD from all formats
- HDMI output - connect HD plasma, LCD, DLP or flatscreen for flexible and affordable HD monitoring, including pixel for pixel display at 1080 with a supporting monitor
- Broadcast quality hardware-based real time SD-to-HD up-convert
- Broadcast quality hardware-based real time HD-to-SD down-convert
- Real-time 2:3 or 2:3:3:2 pull-down insertion and removal
- Comprehensive zoom modes for up/down conversion - anamorphic, pillar box, letterbox, 14:9 pillarbox, 14:9 letterbox and full screen
- Simultaneous HD/SD operation - connect multiple HD and SD sources and destinations simultaneously. Switch HD/SD sources on the fly while converting to multiple HD/SD destinations.
- Two rack space form factor with dedicated connectors - connect all of your gear to dedicated connectors. No cable swapping or gangly, inconvenient breakout cables.
- Stand-alone operation - converts selected input source to supported output formats with SD-to-HD up-convert, HD-to-SD down-convert and pull-down insertion/removal.
The V3HD is available now at a retail price of $2750. For more information about audio and video I/O, please visit the link below :
