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BlackMagic Design SmartView Duo 2

Featuring two large independent eight inch LCD screens in a compact rack mount design, Smart View Duo handles SD, HD and 3Gb/s SDI video standards. SmartView Duo is perfect for post production, broadcast and live event monitoring. For easy setup, all screens can be remotely adjusted via ethernet connection. With SmartView Duo you can install SDI monitoring everywhere you need!


Original price R 12,926.00 - Original price R 12,926.00
Original price
R 12,926.00
R 12,926.00 - R 12,926.00
Current price R 12,926.00

SmartView is the affordable and compact SDI rack monitoring system perfect for post production, broadcast or live events. SmartView is available in two exciting ultra thin compact rack mount designs that are only an inch thick. SmartView Duo features two beautiful 8" LCD screens and for monitoring of multiple sources and the new SmartView HD with a large 17" LCD screen. Both SmartView models handle all SD, HD and 3 Gb/s SDI video formats and include built in ethernet so can be remotely adjusted from your Mac or PC. SmartView includes red, green and blue tally indications, perfect for the largest broadcast systems! With SmartView monitoring you can afford to put SDI monitoring everywhere you need it! 

Monitor Everywhere!

Good quality SDI monitoring is expensive and often makes it hard to put monitoring on all the devices in your racks or control rooms because costs add up quickly. SmartView Duo eliminates this problem and includes two large, beautiful 8 inch displays in a compact 3 rack unit size! You get full loop though SDI connections and an ethernet network connection for setup. SmartView Duo includes easy to use software for Mac and Windows, so you can see all the monitors on your network for remote adjustments. That’s perfect when you want to color match all screens in a video wall remotely from your laptop! SmartView Duo even includes tally!

Perfect for Live Production

SmartView is perfectly designed for building a video wall for monitoring all sources into live production switchers, and because it’s so incredibly thin, it’s even perfect for portable setups where you need to save space. Imagine having all your video sources displayed on large 8 inch or 17 inch LCD screens so you can see camera focus and quality! Now you can build full live broadcast presentation monitoring that’s small enough to be fully portable! SmartView is lightweight and thin, so it’s perfect for outside broadcast vans or even installed into portable monitor racks to reduce shipping costs of flyway kits!

Take a closer look at SmartView Duo

SmartView Duo features two large 8 inch LCD screens in a compact rack mount design that's less than an inch thick! SmartVideo Duo handles all SD, HD and 3 Gb/s SDI video standards, and all screens can be remotely adjusted via your ethernet network!

Greater SDI Compatibility

SmartView Duo is designed to be used for broadcast as well as post production so it includes support for more SDI video standards, including SD, HD and 3 Gb/s SDI formats. SmartView Duo allows firmware updating so it’s easy to upgrade to new SDI video formats when they are invented, and updates are free from the Blackmagic Design web site. SmartView Duo includes new advanced video standards used in post production including 1080 progressive HD rates and even 2K SDI over 3 Gb/s SDI video. All video formats can be connected and changed, because SmartView Duo simply switches in less than a second to the new format!

Smart Ethernet Control

There’s nothing more complicated than trying to match all your monitors by climbing all over your equipment and using little screwdrivers! Simply connect your SmartView Duo to your Ethernet network and use the included Mac and Windows software to adjust all your monitors from one central location. The Monitor Utility software uses Bonjour to automatically find all the SmartView Duo monitors on your network. You can save monitor settings from one monitor and copy to another, and when you’re working with lots of monitors, SmartView Duo even includes an identify mode to help you find the monitor you’re adjusting! SmartView Duo won’t suffer from drift because all adjustments are fully digital.

International Power Supply

If you’re traveling all over the world, SmartView Duo is perfect because it includes a standard 12 volt power supply with socket adapters for each country. Ideal for live location use where you don’t have engineering support, a standard 12 volt power socket means you can get spare power supplies from any electrical store. To eliminate accidental unplugging of power cords during live production or at other crucial times, SmartView Duo includes a cable tie down point so everything is perfectly secure!

Integrated Tally

SmartView Duo includes full tally features so it’s the perfect companion for live broadcasters. Unlike a simple tally light, SmartView Duo includes tally borders that can be independently displayed in red, green or blue. Each screen features an independent tally in the three colors so you can signal to the user more than a simple on air status. Tally is connected via a standard parallel pin connector on the rear of SmartView Duo so you get full compatibility with any switcher or automation system.

  • 3G/HD/SD-SDI Inputs, Both with Loop-Out
  • Integrated Tally for Live Broadcast
  • Ethernet Input for Adjustments
  • Upgradeable Firmware via USB
  • 2K, 1080i/p, 720p & 50/60 Hz SD Support
  • 10-Bit Color & 4:2:2 / 4:4:4 Sampling
  • 800 x 480 Resolution
Signal System Digital signal support for both 50 Hz (PAL) and 60 Hz (NTSC) regions
SDI Input Switchable (auto-selects) between SD, HD and 3 Gb/s SDI. Reclocked loop-through output
Multi-Rate Support Auto detection of 2K, HD or standard definition inputs
SDI Format Support 525i59.94, 625i50, 720p50, 720p59.94, 720p60, 1080i50, 1080i59.94, 1080i60, 1080PsF23.98,1080PsF24, 1080PsF25, 1080PsF29.97, 1080PsF30, 1080p23.98, 1080p24, 1080p25, 1080p29.97,1080p30, 1080p50, 1080p59.94, 1080p60, 2048x1080p/23.98, 2048x1080p/24, 2048x1080p/25, 2048x1080PsF/23.98, 2048x1080PsF/24, 2048x1080PsF/25, 2048x1556PsF/23.98, 2048x1556PsF/24, 2048x1556PsF/25
SDI Compliance SMPTE 259M, SMPTE 292M, SMPTE 296M, SMPTE 372M, and SMPTE 425M
Color Space REC 601, REC 709
Video Sampling 4:2:2 and 4:4:4
Color Precision 10-bit
Monitor Type TFT active-matrix LCD
Screen Size 2x 8" diagonal
Resolution 800 x 480
Display Colors 16.7 million colors
Viewing Angle Not specified by manufacturer (displays can rotate upside down for optimal viewing angle)
Brightness Not specified by manufacturer
Contrast Ratio Typically 500:1
Response Time < 15 ms
Inputs 2x SD/HD/3G-SDI (switchable, with auto-detection of HD/SD/2K sources)
1x USB 2.0 (480 Mb/s for updates and configuration)
1x 9-pin D-type (standard parallel connector for tally)
1x 10/100 BaseT Ethernet (for configuration)
Outputs 2x SD/HD/3G-SDI (loop-out)
1x 10/100 BaseT Ethernet (loop-out)
Platform Mac OS X and Windows software control
Remote Control No
Operating Temperature Not specified by manufacturer
Power Requirements 12-15V
Power Consumption < 20
Rack Space Height 3 RU
Dimensions (WxHxD) 48.3 x 13.3 x 2.5 cm
Weight Not specified by manufacturer

  • BlackMagic Design SmartView Duo 2
  • 12V Universal Power Supply with International Socket Adapters for All Countries

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