Introduction; Sd|Fidelity & Sd|Focus - Bluefish444 SD Fodelity User Manual

Introduction

SD|Fidelity & SD|Focus
SD| Fidelity and SD| Focus is the latest Single link PCI Express 1 lane video card dedicated to SD digital and analog video
and audio from Bluefish444.
SD| Fidelity and SD| Focus brings the highest quality SD video and audio to the Window platforms.
The SD| Fidelity and SD| Focus supports 12 bit digital SDI I/O, capable of supporting the complete range of SDI connection
standards up to 12 bit single link YUV (4:2:2).
Both cards support analog video interfaces use 12 bit and A/D and D/A converters which provide accurate conversion with
extremely low noise. Analog sources acquired from Betacam|SP are preserved at the highest quality.
SD| Focus supports analog video output monitoring only.
SD| Fidelity and SD| Focus supports a range of memory formats such as 10 and 8 bit RGB/YUV uncompressed video and
Apple QuickTime v210. Support for DV25 and DV50 codecs is also supported all within your windows systems. (Application
dependant)
SD| Fidelity and SD| Focus provides the most comprehensive audio I/O support than any other card currently available
today. both support balanced digital AES/ EBU, embedded I/O, unbalance S/P DIF I/O. Both cards support balanced XLR
and unbalanced RCA analog audio output. The SD| Fidelity additionally supports analog audio inputs.
SD| Fidelity and SD| Focus support 24 bit processing at 48Hz and including hardware sample rate converters removing
synchronization issues.
The sample rate converters are genuine, high order poly-phase interpolation filters rather than the minimalist algorithms
found in some competing systems
SD| Fidelity and SD| Focus also includes RS 422 deck control and bi level sync genlock input
SD| Fidelity and SD| Focus comes with 5 connection ports for the 7 cables, providing flexible and customizable options that
can be tailored to your specific requirements and cater to what ever source and monitoring equipment you have.
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