DVI Extender 1080P support

[Reuben Martin]

1080p60 and 1080p50 have only been part of the ATSC standard since mid 2008. Give that it takes a good year or so for chips to be available supporting new standards, the device was probably already finalized before those resolutions were standardized.

[Tim Volker]

Reuben

Thanks for the prompt response.

I take it that’s a no then is it?

Just want to make sure I understand your reply, the DVI extender chip set doesn’t include support for 1080p standards or might not include support for 1080p standards?

Thanks again.

[Reuben Martin]

Can’t say. My company doesn’t use any Blackmagic devices for DVI extenders. I was just pointing out that “Video Mode” is only going to support something that is a standardized SDI format, and 1080p60/50 was not considered a standard until just very recently. (at least as far as the ATSC spec is concerned, the latest revision of SMPTE424m is dated sometime in ’06)

I’m not involved with BM in any way, so I can’t say. It might be possible through a firmware update, but that feasibility depends on possible limitations within the chip itself.

You never know, it might work fine with 1080p50/60 and just not be listed in the EDID. Try sticking an EDID emulator in front of it and see what happens: https://www.extron.com/product/product.aspx?id=edid101d

[Steffen Mueller]

Hi Guys

I had trouble with a Blackmagic DVI Extender on a ATI Fire Pro 8800 GPU. I wasn`t able to use 50 Hz because I only had the chance to choose 30 Hz in the Catalyst control panel. I checked the EDID with an EDID Manager desgin by Extron with the result that the EDID seems to be really badly written. In established timing it says only – and I quote- Do not use. Normally it contains information for the GPU like which frequency and resolution are supported by the connected monitor in this case the DVI Extender.

To solve this problem i`ll use an EDID emulator design by eyevis.

Here are my question:
Have you ever checked the EDID with a tool like i did? I have the impression that the DVI Extender are able to transmit all the resolutions listed at the back of the device but if you are using a professinal GPU which reads the EDID correctly it doesn`t work properly. Because the EDID doesn`t contain all information the GPU needs.

Any expierences?

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[Eric Lucosta]

I am not sure about If BMD dvi extender support 1080p or not but sure Atlona’s support it