Smartscope duo 4k review serial#

It uses a USB type A to type B cable, the sort of cable usually used for printers. I was a little surprised that there was no USB cable in the package but I suppose these are considered common enough for everyone to have one. Like many of Blackmagic's products the Smartscope Duo is firmware upgradeable, so when they release new firmware or control software you can download it from their website and connect the unit to your computer via USB to flash the new firmware. The Smartscope Duo comes with a universal power supply and a disc with the control software and drivers. By looping the input from one screen to the other you can see Video and measurements for the same signal. There are no controls on the unit itself - all settings are controlled by the SmartView Utility Software either over USB or Ethernet.Įach of the screens can display Video from SD, HD or even 2K resolution or can show Waveform, Vectorscope, RGB Parade, YUV Parade, Histogram or Audio phase and levels.

Smartscope duo 4k review serial#

It has SDI/HD-SDI/3G-SDI inputs with loop-through for each screen, Ethernet in and out for control, a USB connection for control and firmware upgrades, 12-15v power connection and a 9 pin serial port for controlling the tally functions of the screens.

The Smartscope Duo is a 19' 3 Rackunit panel with two 8' LCD screens.

Whether you are on location, editing or grading this package is intended to give you a set of tools that you need to be sure that you are getting the best out of your material.

In doing so Blackmagic have created a small, lightweight and easy to operate unit that might justify a place ineveryones toolkit. The Blackmagic Smartscope Duo essentially combines two of their previous products into one: the SmartView Duo twin 8' monitors and the Ultrascope Video and Audio measurement tools. Monitoring of Video and Audio levels is a critical part of any video production and Blackmagic have now combined two 8' monitors with video and audio measurement tools into a small, low cost package