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    Blackmagic Design HDLink Pro DVI – bigger screens than 30″?

    Posted by Aleksander Steffensen on March 7, 2012 at 12:52 pm

    Hi!

    I am considering purchasing several HDLink units to use with 42″ monitors that are part of a TV studio. I figured this is a considerably cheaper way to get SDI into the monitors, rather than buying dedicated SDI I/O cards for the monitors.

    However, after reading the specs on BMD’s website, I noticed that they say “Supports SD, HD and 2K using Dual Link DVI-D displays up to 30 inches 2560 x 1600 in size.”. This might be a stupid question, but does this really mean that the HDLink cannot be used to send a 1080p DVI signal to a 42″ monitor, only up to 30″?

    Thanks in advance!

    Aleksander Steffensen
    Steffensen Multimedia

    Aleksander Steffensen replied 14 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Kristian Lam

    March 7, 2012 at 10:52 pm

    Hi,

    The requirements are really referring to Dual Link DVI-D displays up to 2560×1600. The size of the screen does not matter.

    If you’re going to be sending your DVI signal to a 42″ display that is just 1920×1080, it will be fine.

    regards

    Kristian Lam
    Blackmagic Design

  • Aleksander Steffensen

    March 7, 2012 at 11:24 pm

    Excellent! Thank you, Kristian!

    Aleksander Steffensen
    Steffensen Multimedia

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