Blackmagic Design Intensity Shuttle Connections Digital Video Input: 1 x HDMI input. For legal reasons HDMI input is unable to capture from copy protected HDMI sources Digital Video Output: 1 x HDMI output Supported HDMI formats: 525 NTSC, 625 PAL, 720HD and 1080HD switchable HDMI Audio Input: 8 Channels HDMI Audio Output: 8 Channels Analog Video Input: Component, NTSC, PAL or S-Video Analog Video Output: Component, NTSC, PAL or S-Video Analog Audio Input: 2 Channel RCA HiFi audio in 24 bit Analog Audio Output: 2 Channel RCA HiFi audio in 24 bit SPDIF Audio Output: None Dual Rate support: HDMI and Analog Component switches between high definition and standard definition Sync Input: None Device Control: None. FireWire may be used for controlling some cameras Computer Interface: USB 3.0 Standards SD Format Support: 625i/50, 625p PAL and 525i/59.94, 525p NTSC, 480p HD Format Support: 1080i50, 1080i59.94, 1080i60,1080p23.98, 1080p24, 1080p25, 1080p29.97, 1080p30, 720p50, 720p59.94, 720p60 HDMI Video Sampling: 4:2:2 HDMI Color Precision: 4:2:2 HDMI Color Space: YUV 4:2:2 HDMI Audio Sampling: Television standard sample rate of 48 kHz and 24 bit Processing Colorspace Conversion: Hardware based real time Real time effects: Adobe Premiere Pro internal effects in DV, MJPEG and uncompressed edit formats Firmware Firmware Upgrade: Firmware built into software driver. Loaded at system start, or via updater software System Requirements Requires Windows 7 and an x58-based motherboard with onboard USB 3.0, or a USB 3.0 PCI Express card and an x58 or P55 series motherboard. Does not support USB 2.0 capture and playback. Not all x58 and USB 3 combinations are compatible. One small variable on an x58 can prevent compatibility. Blackmagic therefore recommends the following hardware as guaranteed to work -- Certified PC workstations: Hewlett Packard Z400 Hewlett Packard Z800 Certified combinations: Gigabyte X58A-UD5 motherboard with Intel Core i7 processor and GeForce GTX 285 graphics card (driver version 260.99) Asus Crosshair IV formula motherboard with AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.21 GHz processor and ATI Radeon HD 5800 series graphics card (2D driver version 8.01.01.1105) Certified notebook computers: MSI GE620 Recommended motherboards: Asus P6X58D-Premium Asus P6X58D-E Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5 Gigabyte G1.Sniper (rev. 1.0)