The Blackmagic Design Intensity Shuttle with Thunderbolt — review, record old video VHS DVD

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My review of The Blackmagic Design Intensity Shuttle with Thunderbolt is based on my need to record footage from several old type of media players, and as such I am not thrilled with the result. HDCP (which is built into HDMI cables) stops consumers from recording and sometimes even playing legitimate content a lot of the time. HDCP is a horror-story for consumers. If you want to record your own footage (say a family wedding) through an HDMI cable, it's very possible that the HDCP will stop you from recording it using the Blackmagic. HDCP is an evil invention. HDCP destroys consumers rights of fair use, denying them the ability to back-up old media that the consumer owns.

Also, the Shuttle is very sensitive to frame-rates, and as is shown in this video will not record many consumer devices without the additional purchase of a TBC (Time Base Corrector).

Having said that, you can accomplish what it says in the following review;

The Blackmagic Design Intensity Shuttle with Thunderbolt lets you accomplish one or more of four tasks -- grab footage out of a camera, pass it to a computer, adjust resolution up or down along the way, and, at the same time, or at anytime, connect to a top-quality HDMI monitor and perform color-correction in the best available resolution.

Video gets captured uncompressed, meaning its bits and pieces are let out of their cage -- out of the algorithm that packed them tight onto the camera's memory card -- and are shuttled through to a computer without any further loss, whereas without capacity for uncompressed transfer, not many alternatives can substitute sufficiently.

The transfer from the camera to the Shuttle is done through an HDMI cable, and from the Shuttle to the computer can also be by HDMI, but available on the Shuttle is a Thunderbolt port, which is an advanced data-transfer technology that with a 10Gbps capacity is extremely fast. Thunderbolt is also bidirectional and can thus serve as an input and an output. The receiving computer -- or storage device -- must also be equipped with Thunderbolt. Macs were the first of any devices to be equipped, and all Macs are equipped.

Data does not stay in the Shuttle before moving on to the computer. The Shuttle serves as a pass-through only; and at the data's passing through, resolution can be adjusted to arrive in the computer higher or lower. SD can become HD and vice-versa, so that if you have footage from different cameras shot in different resolutions, you can match them up to look the same.

The Shuttle is a capture-and-playback device, more often referred to as an I/O device for its inputs and outputs. Aside from the HDMI and Thunderbolt connections already mentioned, the Shuttle also has analog video ins and outs, as well as HDMI and RCA audio ins and outs.

The Shuttle is portable, allows many conveniences in transferring footage, affords quality transfers, and delivers video to computers in codecs most recognized by popular editing systems.

Transfer and Monitor and Convert Footage
Transfer uncompressed from a camera to a computer
Match up resolutions by converting SD to HD and vice-versa
Connect to a top-quality HDMI monitor and perform color-correction
Inputs and Outputs
Bidirectional 10Gbps Thunderbolt video and audio
HDMI, S-Video, component and composite video ins/outs
2 channel 24 bit RCA, and 8 channel HDMI audio ins and outs
Media Express Software Included
A complete solution for capture and playback
Create playlists, organize clip bins and add metadata
Work in QuickTime, AVI, DPX, ProRes, DVCPRO and MJPEG
Additional Features
DVD/Blu-Ray authoring and web streaming via compatible software
Connect to video game consoles and capture and record your gaming

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