Blackmagic Design Intensity Extreme by Blackmagic Design built with blazingly fast Thunderbolt technology. Machined from a solid piece of aluminum, Intensity Extreme gives you incredible quality HDMI, component video, s-video and composite 10 bit capture and playback. Better still, this super-sleek, high-speed data transfer system offers an incredible 10 Gb/s connection that’s up to 20 times faster than USB 2.0 and up to 11.5 times faster than FireWire 800.

Intensity Extreme, the worlds first 10 bit HD/SD editing solution for to feature lightning fast Thunderbolt technology. Simply plug in Intensity Extreme to get incredible quality HDMI, component video, s-video and composite 10 bit capture and playback for Thunderbolt based computers. The perfect solution for videographers, Intensity Extreme includes SD/HD capture and playback in compressed and uncompressed video quality. Better still, this revolutionary new device is compatible with Final Cut Pro 7, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Nuke, DaVinci Resolve and more.

Incredible quality HDMI capture and playback!
Intensity lets you capture and playback in the most incredible quality of HDMI and component analog video in both SD and HD. Smash the quality barrier for your video work because Intensity is not only the highest quality, but also affordable!

Professional Performance
Go beyond the limits of your AVCHD or HDV camera! Simply plug using HDMI or analog and capture direct from your camera’s CCD! You get incredible quality that completely bypasses the camera’s video compression. Use Intensity for monitoring from your edit software for maximum real time effects! Intensity connects direct to your editing software’s real time effects processing!

Thunderbolt
New Intensity Extreme. It’s the first of the Intensity range to use Intel’s revolutionary Thunderbolt technology.

Use Popular Video Software
Intensity works with the software you love to use! Use DirectShow and QuickTime software, or the world’s most popular editing software such as Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro!

Highest Quality Analog Connections
The included break-out cable connects Intensity Pro to all types of analog video and audio equipment. This gives you full compatibility with analog component, NTSC, PAL, S-Video and analog audio.

True HDMI Digital Connections
Intensity features HDMI-in for connecting to cameras and digital set-top boxes for the highest quality capture. Get higher quality capture from HD cameras by capturing direct and bypassing HDV compression.

Professional Video Standards
Intensity will instantly switch between HD and SD video standards including HDTV 1080i/59.94, 1080i/50, 720p/59.94, 720p/50, NTSC and PAL. Intensity can also capture and play back all professional file formats s