Blackmagic Teranex Express 12G-SDI
Standards & Rate Converter

Blackmagic Design / Teranex Express Processor - De-interlace, up/down/cross conversion, cadence detection/removal, noise reduction and more for SD/HD and 4K 12G-SDI The Blackmagic Teranex Express is the world’s first real time SD, HD and Ultra...

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Blackmagic Design / Teranex Express Processor - De-interlace, up/down/cross conversion, cadence detection/removal, noise reduction and more for SD/HD and 4K 12G-SDI

The Blackmagic Teranex Express is the world’s first real time SD, HD and Ultra HD broadcast standards converter. It features advanced patented algorithms just like the original Teranex 2D but it can now do converison to 12-SDI UHD/4K video. The Teranex Express gives you the visually transparent, high-quality conversions that are mandated by major broadcasters and studios worldwide.

You get an incredible 1089 SD, HD and Ultra HD up, down and standards conversions in full 10-bit quality! You also get amazing processing with high quality de-interlacing, noise reduction, automatic cadence detection, removal and correction even with edited content, adjustable scaling and aspect ratio conversion, all with full timecode and multi-channel audio conversion. See the original Blackmagic Teranex 2D which still does an amazing job for SD and HD format video conversion.  Both Teranex versions are 1U rack size and quite shallow. We tend to run them in shallow racks to more easily reach the BNCs on the back.

Teranex also supports Quad SDI out for video walls that need UHD 4K to quad 1080 HD using big screen HD panels or LED displays. Teranex features sub-pixel processing and multi-directional diagonal filters to remove jagged edges for clean looking video. There are built in test Paterns too for all video formats like SMPTE colour bars, grids and resolution charts making it a great testing tool for setting up your big screen.

There is optional Fibre interface which we do not corrently have on our unit.

Click to download the Blackmagic Teranex Express User Manual: Blackmagic Teranex Express user manual

Teranex Express Specifications:

SDI Video Inputs:
1x BNC (IN A) – 10-bit SD, HD, 2K, 3G HD levels A and B, 6G and 12G Ultra HD auto switching.
1x BNC (IN B) – 10-bit SD, HD, 2K, 3G HD and 6G Ultra HD auto switching. Usable as dual link input for 4:2:2 3G or 6G UHD.

SDI Video Input Loops:
1x BNC (IN A Loop) – Reclocked, 10-bit SD, HD, 2K, 3G HD, 6G and 12G Ultra HD auto switching.
1x BNC (IN B Loop) – Reclocked, 10-bit SD, HD, 2K, 3 Gb/s HD, 6G Ultra HD auto switching.

SDI Video Outputs:
1x BNC (OUT A) – 10-bit SD, HD, 2K, 3G HD levels A and B, 6G and 12G Ultra HD auto switching.
1x BNC (OUT B) – 10-bit SD, HD, 2K, 3G HD levels A and B and 6G Ultra HD auto switching. Usable as dual link output for 4:2:2 3G or 6G Ultra HD.

Quad SDI Video Outputs:
SMPTE 435-1 - Quad HD Split (square division method) only. Utilizes SDI Out A for quadrant A, SDI Out B for quadrant B; reconfigures SDI In A Loop for quadrant C, SDI In B Loop for quadrant D.

SDI Audio Inputs:
16 channels in SD, HD, 3G HD, 2K and Ultra HD.

SDI Audio Outputs:
16 channels out SD, HD, 3G HD, 2K and Ultra HD.

Dolby® Support Built In:
Dolby® AC-3 pass through in all conversions. Dolby® E pass through except during video frame rate conversions.

Timecode Inputs:
Support for VITC/ATC. No support for LTC.

Standards Supported:

SD Video Standards:
525i59.94 NTSC, 625i50 PAL

1.5G-SDI HD Video Standards:
720p50, 720p59.94, 720p60, 1080p23.98, 1080p24, 1080p25, 1080p29.97, 1080p30,1080PsF23.98, 1080PsF24, 1080PsF25, 1080PsF29.97, 1080PsF30,1080i50, 1080i59.94, 1080i60

3G-SDI HD Video Standards:
1080p50, 1080p59.94, 1080p60 levels A and B

2K Video Standards:
2K DCI 23.98p, 2K DCI 24p, 2K DCI 23.98PsF, 2K DCI 24PsF

Ultra HD Video Standards:
2160p23.98, 2160p24, 2160p25, 2160p29.97, 2160p30, 2160p50, 2160p59.94, 2160p60

SDI Compliance:
SMPTE 259M, SMPTE 292M, SMPTE 296M, SMPTE 372M, SMPTE 425M

SDI Metadata Support:
VITC/ATC support, SMPTE 12M. Video indexing support including WSS, RP186 and AFD, SMPTE 2016.
Closed captioning support for conversions to and from 608 and 708, SMPTE 334M.

Audio Sampling: Television standard sample rate of 48kHz and 24-bit

Video Sampling: 4:2:2 SDI

Color Precision: 10-bit

Color Space: REC 601, REC 709

SDI Video Standards:
525 NTSC, 625 PAL, 720HD, 1080HD, 2K 2048 x 1080 and Ultra HD 3840 x 2160 auto switching.

Processing options:

Aspect Ratio Conversion:
Real time variable and fixed aspect ratio conversions.

Real Time Video Processing:
Includes noise reduction, cadence detection with insertion/removal, scene cut detection, color correction and proc amp control

Format Conversion:
Real time up conversion, down conversion , cross conversion and SD/HD/UHD standards conversion.

Colour space Conversion:
Hardware based real time

Test Patterns:
SMPTE 75% Bars; full field color bars 75%; convergence grid; multiburst ; black.