Blackmagic Design Teranex Express

Blackmagic Design Teranex Express

The Teranex Express is a high-quality, real-time broadcast standards converter, designed to handle SD, HD and Ultra HD workflows. It supports a vast range of input and output formats, giving you maximum flexibility when dealing with mixed video sources.

Key Features

• Real-time SD / HD / Ultra HD standards conversion — Provides up to 1,089 up-, down- and cross-conversions between SD, HD and Ultra HD with full 10-bit quality.

• Multi-rate 12G-SDI & 6G-SDI connections — Inputs/outputs support SD-SDI, HD-SDI, 3G/6G, and 12G Ultra HD, making it compatible with a wide variety of equipment.

• Advanced image processing — High-quality de-interlacing, noise reduction, automatic cadence detection and correction, optical-quality scaling, and aspect-ratio conversion.

• Full metadata, audio and timecode support — Maintains multi-channel audio (up to 16 channels), embedded timecode, closed captions or VANC data, and subtitle/ancillary data through conversions.

• Flexible deployment — Compact 1 RU rack form factor, built-in international power supply, and optional fibre module for long-distance SDI transport.

Ideal For

• Broadcast studios or live-production environments needing reliable real-time format conversion

• Projects with mixed SD, HD and Ultra HD footage requiring format standardization

• Archiving or remastering older content — converting legacy SD/HD sources to Ultra HD while preserving quality and metadata

• Complex workflows where consistent audio, timecode, caption/subtitle integrity and format compatibility matter