[Alan Stonebridge]

In addition, the iPad doesn’t automatically apply copy protection to all media files. It does that for stuff purchased from the iTunes Store.

Also, various apps, including Real Racing 2 HD can output (non-mirrored) content at 1080p if the attached display identifies itself as capable of that. The UltraStudio 3D appears not to transmit this information to the iPad, or it would send the app’s external display output at that quality, as it does when a real 1080p display is plugged in.

[Alan Stonebridge]

I ask because I’ve already got a piece of kit here from Epiphan with a custom EDID (1024×1024) installed to take input from the iPad 2. From your description, it sounds like UltraStudio 3D is dumbly just accepting whatever default signal comes out of a device and expecting the user to know and match that in software. If that’s the case, it’s horribly (and surprisingly) inflexible.

[Alan Stonebridge]

Are you saying that Blackmagic hardware doesn’t make use of/broadcast EDID information back to the connected video source to tell it what display modes it supports, or a specific mode that it is expecting (i.e. the one that you set in Media Express)?

[Alan Stonebridge]

I’m having the same issue with Ultrastudio 3D’s presets. I’ve got an Xbox 360 set up to run at 1080i60, but using the matching preset shows nothing but black (and no audio) in Media Express, Premiere Pro CS5.5 and Final Cut Pro 7.

I have the same 720p-only issue with iPad 2 capture, and audio is not captured when mirroring its output. However, it is captured from an iPhone 4 over HDMI when playing unprotected video content.

I really need 1080p output; although it would still be framed with black and not necessarily 1:1 representation of pixels on the iPad’s built-in display, having to upscale the frame by around 150% for full-screen playback on iPad 2 isn’t acceptable.

Prior to spotting your post here, I contacted Blackmagic by email. It was the support team that suggested trying an Xbox 360. Since then I’ve replied directly to the emails (on Thursday and Friday evenings, UK time) and had no response.

Right now I’m dismayed by the quality of the software, which prevents me capturing anything like the quality from consoles and other consumer HDMI-equipped hardware that Blackmagic’s detailed specs say is possible.