This compact and portable family is designed for high-quality broadcast use and is compatible with Mac, Windows and Linux computers with USB4 or Thunderbolt 4 connections. The family includes two models, the Blackmagic Design UltraStudio Express Monitor 3G plays back to 3G-SDI and HDMI and the UltraStudio Express Recorder 3G captures from 3G-SDI and HDMI. The UltraStudio Express 3G family are pocket-sized and powered by their USB connection, allowing them to draw power from a computer battery. Both models work in all SD and HD video standards up to 1080p60.
The UltraStudio Express Recorder 3G is an input only model and captures from 3G-SDI and HDMI in SD and HD. It's perfect for live streaming using software such as Open Broadcaster. Or archive from old broadcast decks into popular edit software or the free included Media Express software. Customers can even record from game consoles.
The UltraStudio Express Monitor 3G is an output only model, and plays back to 3G-SDI and HDMI in SD and HD. It's the perfect solution for monitoring playback from popular edit software such as DaVinci Resolve.
UltraStudio Express models include fast USB4 with video capture and playback plus power, all over a single USB cable. USB4 provides massive data speeds, giving enough bandwidth to handle high resolutions, deeper bit depths and advanced frame buffer formats such as 4:2:2 and 4:4:4. UltraStudio Express 3G uses the DeckLink API, so almost all video software works.
UltraStudio Express is designed to support the highest quality video. Most software has support for capture and playback to all popular video formats such as Apple ProRes, DNxHD or even 10-bit uncompressed, so users are never locked into a single file format. 10-bit is the most commonly used television standard as colors can be represented with 4 times the precision of 8-bit video. This means customers get seamless VFX compositions and superior color correction.
UltraStudio Express 3G supports all popular video software, allowing customers to work with the software customers already know and like. UltraStudio Express Recorder 3G is ideal for live streaming with software like Open Broadcaster. UltraStudio Express Monitor 3G, meanwhile, is perfect for use with DaVinci Resolve for broadcast editing and color correction work. Or use other editing software including Final Cut Pro, Media Composer, Premiere Pro and more. Customers can even create stunning visual effects with Fusion, After Effects and Photoshop.