Grass Valley Pegasus HD & SD Capture Card

HD and SD Video Capture for Archival and Distribution
Grass Valley Pegasus from Thomson is a high-quality video capture system comprised of PCI Express hardware and software. Capable of accepting input from a variety of standard definition (SD) and high definition (HD) sources, including PC graphics, and featuring a Canopus HQ hardware codec chip, Pegasus lets you preview, capture and store footage in pristine quality – perfect for archiving or delivering out via SD and HD mediums.

High-quality capture of HD and SD video using an onboard Canopus HQ hardware encoding chip Capture up to 1920x1080/60i, 50i** and 1280x720/60p, 50p video Capture PC display signals up to 1280x1024 without downscaling Capture via HDMI*, DVI†, S-Video, YUV and RGB component inputs Includes the HQ Recorder capture software, providing three capture modes: Auto capture (when an input signal is detected), Manual capture and Scheduled capture Includes the Canopus Codec Pack, providing import of Canopus HQ AVI files in Windows-based video applications Software Development Kit (SDK) for software engineers to create their own Pegasus-based solutions Package Contents: Pegasus PCI Express x1 bus card Pegasus Installation CD-ROM Installation guide 1 x 15-pin D-sub RGB to 9-pin miniDIN converter cable 1 x YPbPr component to 7-pin miniDIN converter cable 1 x RCA composite to S-Video connector 1 x Ferrite core 2 x Grounding gasket 1 x 4-pin to 4-pin internal audio cable Technical Specifications:Note: Input signals cannot be input simultaneously from each connector.Digital Video Input 1 x HDMI typeA (Ver1.1 HDCP not supported) Analog Video Input 1 x 7-pin miniDIN (Analog YPbPr component) 1 x 4-pin miniDIN (S-Video, composite video) 1 x 9-pin miniDIN (Analog RGB) Analog Audio Input 1 x Stereo minijack Analog Audio Output 1 x 4-pin connector for internal PC connection (AUX) Supported Input Resolutions1HDMI2 1920x1080/59.94,60i 1920x1080/50i 1280x720/59.94,60p 1280x720/50p 720x480/59.94,60p 720x576/50p 720x480/59.94,60i 720x576/50i 640x480/59.94,60p DVI2,3 1280x1024/60p4 1024x768/60p 800x600/60p 640x480/60p Analog RGB 1280x1024/60p4 1024x768/60p 800x600/60p 640x480/60p Analog Component5 1920x1080/59.94i 1920x1080/50i 1280x720/59.94p 1280x720/50p 720x480/59.94p 720x576/50p 720x486/59.94i 720x576/50i S-Video, Composite Video5 720x486/59.94i 720x576/50i Video Capture File Format AVI(Canopus HQ, LPCM) Video Capture Resolution 1920x1080 1440x1080 (1920 3/4) 1280x1080 (1920 2/3) 1280x1024 1280x720 960x720 (1280 3/4) 1024x768 800x600 720x576 720x486 720x480 640x480 Audio CaptureLine In, Monitor Out6 Stereo at 24bit 48kHz HDMI Input2,7 LPCM 2-8ch at 24bit 32/44.1/48kHz Intel® Pentium® 4 2.80GHz CPU or faster (AMD CPU also supported) 1GB RAM (2GB RAM recommended) 40MB free disk space for the drivers and application software ATA 3GB/s, 7200rpm or faster hard disk for video capture (if capturing graphics output from the same PC, a second physical hard disk drive is recommended) Windows® Vista (Ultimate, Enterprise, Business, Home Premium/Basic), Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2 or later) DirectX 9.0 or later Graphics card with support for PixelShader Model 2.0 (i.e. DX9-based) or hardware-based DirectDraw overlay, and 32-bit color display at a 1024x768 resolution One free PCI Express bus slot