This product is amazing, but not for my purposes. Let me explain:Pros: Super easy setup, plug and play, battery powered, super solid design. This device does exactly what it should: hook into your HDMI/SDI stream and records. You could even yank out the SSD, and put in another it would just start recording again! Buttons easy to understand and use. To top if all off, it has a battery in case you are in the field or need a recording fail safe. Records in the highest quality. The design is built rugged and besides the SDI ports sticking out a bit too much, was built strong and I would be very surprised if I could break this, even while traveling.
Needless to say I was very happy with it, till I tried to record for my particular needs.
Cons: This is a broadcast ready, professional device, and did not translate into the world I wanted to use it for, let me explain. I was using this device mainly to record the video out of my Macbook Pro, since I am a video artist and would like an easy external recorder that can take an HDMI signal. It did so, but I found the recordings only came out in the color GREEN. I asked Black Magic support, and received this back:
"-------,
Actually most HDMI outputs are YUV, graphics cards unfortunately tend not to. Normally our devices will handle this conversion automatically for you, but this is not yet working on the Hyperdecks."
....damn. So in summary, if you want this product for a video camera or professional setup, this is for you. But for any recordings of computers/game systems/or anything that only outputs RGB, this is not for you.
Oh well, next time. Had to sadly return. 3 stars for being a great device, but no more since I feel it was not for me and took up too much time to figure out. The limitation I encountered should have been mentioned.
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