This $250

SDI To HDMI Scaler

converts SD-SDI, 3G-SDI or HD-SDI to HDMI for displaying on HDMI widescreens. The SDI To HDMI Scaler supports a wide range of display resolutions of 3G, HD and SD-SDI. The SDI Pass-through on the SDI To HDMI Scaler lets you to cascade the SDI signal to other destinations.

SDI To HDMI Scaler Features:

• Auto detect of resolution of HD-SDI, SD-SDI and 3G-SDI signals
• Input: 1 - SDI with a BNC connector
• Output: 1 - SDI with a BNC connector and an HDMI output
• Supports SDI coax distances of up to 300M for SDI signals, 200M for HD signals and 100M for 3G signals
• Date rate: 270Mb/s, 1.485Gb/s and 2.97Gb/s
• Impedance: 75 ohm
• Plug and play.

Serial Digital Interface, or SDI, is a coaxial based connection utilized by cable and satellite companies in order to send audio and video signals between devices. Although this port is used by specific devices, not many actual products or hardware accept this signal. Due to this, if an SDI cable is present, and the high-definitnion quality of the cable is to be maintained, a converter is required in order to switch the signal over from SDI to HDMI, or high-definitnion multimedia interface. If you are looking for such a device, this SDI To HDMI Scaler is exactly what you need. This device is able to accept and send video signals between multiple devices, and as it can connect to both SDI and HDMI devices, it is going to work perfectly for you.

For starters, to use the SDI To HDMI Scaler you need to connect the coaxial SDI cable into the "Out" port of the device you want to send the signal from, then hook up the opposite end of the cable into the "In" port on the rear of the SDI To HDMI Scaler. If you want to send an HDMI signal into an SDI device though, you take the coaxial cable and plug it into the "Out" port of the HD-SDI To HDMI Scaler instead, and then hook up the other end into the SDI port on the other device.

With the HDMI cable, you plug the HDMI cable into the "HDMI" port on the television or other device, than hook up the other end into the "HDMI" port on the HD-SDI To HDMI Scaler. There is no in or out ports on this device, so it is able to function correctly with you.

The last step is to power on the SDI To HDMI Scaler. There is an electrical port you hook up the power connector to the SDI To HDMI Scaler, then you plug it into the power outlet in your home. Power on the devices and you are now able to send the SDI signal into the HDMI device, and an HDMI signal into an SDI device, depending on what you want.

Why not buy this SDI To HDMI Scaler today?