Open gear 20 slot

TV industry's open standard for rack based conversion!

The new Blackmagic OpenGear Converters give you a great range of conversion, all packed with the latest video technologies at an affordable price!

Get the freedom and cost savings of an open standard combined with centralized network control and monitoring using the OpenGear DashBoard software on Windows™, Mac OS X™ and Linux™!

Open Architecture Converters!

Blackmagic OpenGear Converters are fully compatible with the OpenGear standard.

OpenGear is an open standard for rack mount converters and processing for television broadcasters.

Blackmagic OpenGear Converters are compatible with 20-card models of the 2 RU (rack unit) OpenGear frames.

Many manufacturers develop OpenGear cards and frames that can be mixed and matched.

OpenGear cards are hot swappable and can be controlled by java based DashBoard network control and monitoring software on Windows™, Mac OS X™ and Linux™.

High Quality

Blackmagic OpenGear Converters are built to the highest quality standards with low SDI jitter.

You get the longest SDI cable lengths combined with ultra low noise analog video and audio for a true broadcast quality solution.

New 3 Gb/s SDI Technology

The latest 3 Gb/s SDI technology built into Blackmagic OpenGear Converters and new standards can be uploaded via the USB port.

3 Gb/s SDI is also fully compatible with all your SD and HD equipment.

Auto Switching SD and HD

Blackmagic OpenGear Converters instantly switch between all SD and HD video formats the instant the video input changes.

A huge range of standards are supported and new formats can be added via USB.