An interview from the 2025 NAB Show in Las Vegas with Bob Caniglia at the Blackmagic Design booth. Blackmagic Design creates the world’s highest quality video editing products, digital film cameras, color correctors, video converters, video monitoring, routers, live production switchers, disk recorders, waveform monitors and real time film scanners for the feature film, post production and television broadcast industries.

At NAB 2025, Blackmagic Design announced two new 2110 IP converter models, Blackmagic 2110 IP SDI to HDMI 12G and Blackmagic 2110 IP SDI to HDMI 12G-10. These new models are designed to allow the latest OLED TV to be used for color accurate monitoring, such as in color grading and edit suites. They will convert 2110 IP video or 12G-SDI video to HDMI in all SD, HD and Ultra HD video standards and include XLR analog outputs for driving powered speakers for audio monitoring. The converters include variable gain and delay for perfect AV sync and 3D LUTs for color calibrating displays. Blackmagic 2110 IP SDI to HDMI 12G models will be available in June from Blackmagic Design resellers worldwide from US$495.

Designed for critical color accurate monitoring using the latest generation of OLED TVs, Blackmagic 2110 IP SDI to HDMI will convert 2110 IP or 12G-SDI video to HDMI in all SD, HD and Ultra HD video standards. Customers also get 3D LUTs for accurate calibration of HDMI displays. Plus the 2 channel XLR analog monitoring out supports remote level and custom delays for driving powered speakers. The front panel also includes an LCD, speaker and headphone socket for monitoring.

The Blackmagic 2110 IP Converters have been designed to integrate SDI equipment into 2110 IP broadcast systems. The rack mount models can be installed in equipment racks right next to the equipment users are converting. Adding converters means customers get a low cost way to transform all their video equipment to SMPTE-2110. Simply add a Blackmagic 2110 IP Converter to live production switchers, disk recorders, streaming processors, cameras, TVs and more.

Also announced at NAB, the Blackmagic 2110 IP UpDownCross 12G, a new standards converter for live production and broadcast that lets customers convert between any SD, HD or Ultra HD video format via 12G-SDI, HDMI and SMPTE-2110 IP video connections. This new converter has a rack mount design with a front panel LCD for video and audio monitoring plus menus. Blackmagic 2110 IP UpDownCross 12G will be available in June from Blackmagic Design resellers worldwide for US$545.

The Blackmagic 2110 IP UpDownCross 12G is a premium standards converter for live production and broadcast. It allows customers to convert between any equipment with 2110 IP video, 12G-SDI, and HDMI video connections. It's only ? the rack width. Customers get the highest quality video conversion between all SD, HD, and Ultra HD video standards. It has an elegant design with an LCD display, speaker, and headphone jack. The LCD also has menus for setting the video standard, which also ensures valuable equipment is protected by always sending the correct video output signal. The USB port on the front panel even works as an HD webcam. It also has a reference input for large broadcast systems.

For more information please visit: www.BlackmagicDesign.com

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