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Blackmagic Design UltraStudio Monitor 3G

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Video Output Device

  • For 3G SDI and HDMI playback via Thunderbolt 3-equipped laptops or desktop computers
  • Supports professional SDI and HDMI monitoring in 10-bit broadcast quality of material from common editing software such as DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro X, Media Composer and Adobe Premiere Pro CC, as well as top-end broadcast graphics and titling systems
  • SDI video outputs: 1x SDI rates 270 Mbit, 1.5G, 3G
  • SDI audio outputs 16x channels embedded in SD/HD
  • HDMI video outputs: 1x
  • HDMI audio outputs: 8x channels embedded in SD/HD
  • Computer interface: Thunderbolt 3 (Mac OS, Windows and Linux)
  • Supported codecs: AVC-Intra, AVCHD, Canon XF MPEG2, Digital SLR, DV-NTSC, DV-PAL, DVCPRO50, DVCPROHD, DPX, HDV, HEVC, XDCAM EX, XDCAM HD, XDCAM HD422, DNxHR & DNxHD, Apple ProRes 4444, Apple ProRes 422 HQ, Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 422 LT, Apple ProRes 422 Proxy, uncompressed 8 bit 4: 2:2, uncompressed 10 bit 4:2:2, uncompressed 10 bit 4:4:4
  • Included software: Media Express, Disk Speed Test, LiveKey, Blackmagic Desktop Video Utility and Blackmagic drivers for Mac OS and Windows Media Express, Blackmagic Desktop Video Utility and Blackmagic drivers for Linux
  • Supported software applications: DaVinci Resolve, Fusion, Final Cut Pro X, Adobe Premiere Pro CC, Adobe After Effects CC, Adobe Photoshop CC, Adobe Character Animator CC, Avid Media Composer, Avid Pro Tools, Steinberg Cubase, Steinberg Nuendo, The Foundry Nuke, Sony Catalyst Production Suite, Tools On Air Just: Play & Live, Magix Movie Edit Pro Premium, Corel VideoStudio Pro, CyberLink PowerDirector, Grass Valley Edius, Softron Mreplay, Telestream Wirecast, Livestream Studio, Resolume Arena, Vegas Creative Software Vegas Pro, VidblasterX Studio and Broadcast, Unimedia Technologies UniplayOne and Uniplay-CG, CasparCG Server, Magicsoft CG, Xsplit Broadcaster, DevTek Easy Media Suite, Boinx Software MimoLive, StudioCoast vMix, Renewed Vision ProPresenter, Ventuz Director, Class X Liveboard and CoralCG, Open Broadcaster Software Studio, Nautilus Studio Nemo3D, Burst Video Webclip2Go, Derivative TouchDesigner, Assimilate Scratch and Live Assist, NewBlue Title Live and Titler Pro, SGO Mistika
  • SDI - SD video standards: - 525i/59.94 NTSC, 625i/50 PAL
  • SDI - HD video standards: 20p/50; 720p/59.94; 720p/60 1080p/23.98; 1080p/24; 1080p/25; 1080p/29.97; 1080p/30; 1080p/50; 1080p/59.94; 1080p/60; 1080PsF/23.98; 1080PsF/24; 1080PsF/25; 1080PsF/29.97; 1080PsF/30 1080i/50; 1080i/59.94; 1080i/60SDI - 2K video standards: 2Kp/23.98 DCI; 2Kp/24 DCI; 2Kp/25 DCI; 2Kp/29.97 DCI; 2Kp/30 DCI; 2Kp/50 DCI; 2Kp/59.94 DCI; 2Kp/60 DCI 2KPsF/23.98 DCI; 2KPsF/24 DCI; 2KPsF/25 DCI; 2KPsF/29.97 DCI; 2KPsF30 DCI
  • SDI compliance: SMPTE 259M, SMPTE 274M, SMPTE 296M, SMPTE 424M, SMPTE 425M A/B and SMPTE ST2108-1
  • Metadata support via SDI RP 188/SMPTE 12M-2 and Closed Captioning
  • SDI audio sampling rate: Standard television sampling rate of 48 kHz and 24 bits
  • SDI video sampling frequency: 4:2:2, 4:4:4
  • SDI colour accuracy: 8-, 10- and 12-bit RGB 4:4:4 up to 1080p/30 and 8- and 10-bit YUV 4:2:2 in all standards
  • SDI colour spaces: Rec. 601, Rec. 709, Rec. 2020
  • HDR support via SDI: HDR metadata packing, HLG and PQ transfer features
  • Multi-rate support SDI video connection is switchable between SD and HD
  • HDMI - SD video standards: 525i/59.94 NTSC, 625i/50 PAL
  • HDMI - HD video standards: 720p/50; 720p/59.94; 720p/60 1080p/23.98; 1080p/24; 1080p/25; 1080p/29.97; 1080p/30; 1080p/50; 1080p/59.94; 1080p/60 1080i/50; 1080i/59.94; 1080i/60
  • HDMI audio sampling rate: Standard TV sampling rate of 48 kHz and 24 bit
  • HDMI video sampling frequency: 4:2:2 and 4:4:4
  • HDMI colour accuracy: 10- and 12-bit RGB 4:4:4 up to 1080p/30 and 8-bit YUV 4:4:4 and 12-bit YUV 4:2:2 in all standards
  • HDMI configuration: HDMI 2.0a supports Deep Colour and HDR
  • Automatically configures itself with the connected display
  • HDMI colour space: Rec. 601, Rec. 709, Rec. 2020
  • HDR support via HDMI: HDR metadata packing, HLG and PQ transfer features
  • Multirate support: SDI video connection is switchable between SD and HD
  • Hardware frame buffers: V210 (10-bit YUV), 2VUY (8-bit YUV), ARGB, BGRA (8-bit RGB), R210 (10-bit RGB), R12B, R12L (12-bit RGB)
  • Dimensions: 92 x 45 x 25 mm
  • Weight: 160 g

Note: Requires a computer equipped with Thunderbolt 3 USB-C port.

Available since September 2020
Item number 499574
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AM
Does the job
Angelos Michalopoulos 25.03.2021
I wish they add a loopback port. Beware: It does not support TB hubs at the moment.
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JA
Works really well for 1080p (including HDR) in Davinci Resolve. Not so great if your timeline is above that.
Joanna Adeele 14.04.2024
When I first got it, I figured it would work great for 4K timelines – that it would simply downscale it upon output without requiring project settings to be anything special.

I was a bit concerned at first when I connected it up to a Mac running Resolve, that it was doing a centre crop of all footage. This was due to the fact that my timeline was 4K.

Whilst downscaling was not an advertised feature of this, one would expect it to work that way as getting a centre crop of your timeline (or source footage) is not very useful, and I was ready to return it.

However, Resolve allows you to configure Output and Monitoring settings separately from Timeline resolution. Whilst I was not able to fix it by changing Monitoring settings, it does downscale the footage and display correctly when you change output to 1080p.

This gets quite annoying when your deliverable is above 1080p, as you need to manually toggle back the resolution of Output in Timeline Settings.

The build quality of the device is great – just like other BlackMagic devices with a similar form factor.

You will also need to provide your own Thunderbolt 3 or 4 cable to connect it up to your computer – one is not provided. This tends to be expected with BlackMagic gear, as none of my other Blackmagic products came with either Thunderbolt nor USB-C cabling.

This was fine, I already had a couple of Thunderbolt cables lying around, but it *is* an extra expense that you will need to take into account if on a shoestring budget.

Note: My grading display takes in HDMI, I do not know whether the downscale/settings issue is any different for SDI, though I have no reason to think it would be. Additionally, I only tried this on Resolve Studio 18.x versions, I do not know about 19 Beta which is out at time of writing nor about non-Studio version of Resolve nor any other supported NLE.

Conclusion: this is great - as long as your Timeline is 1080p or you are fine toggling Timeline settings in Resolve down to 1080p.

It would be a 5/5 product, but it loses one star for this issue, as well as for needing to restart Resolve to get it working after connecting it up and selecting it as the output device (and also the minor issue of the lack of cable provided).
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Basic but does the job. and does it splendidly
We Hear Different 30.08.2024
after using the decklink for many years in our Mac pro 5.1, when we upgraded our systems to mac studio's, we needed a new video play out in a compact form.

This is perfect for the job, as we use both the HDMI and the SDI out.
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Good New version
AlvaroGallego 14.07.2021
Works really well if you have thunderbolt 3 and need to display 1080p HDMI maximum, if you are working with SDI you can send up to 2K to your monitor
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