Recent content by Patrick Nims

Update for all - The BMD Scalers did no better than the Micro Converters. The issue was in the brand-new, non-apple USB-C adapters I thought would be fine (Anker). Once I switched to Apple brand adapters, the displays have been rock solid.

FYI - Blackmagic Support says Apple has changed their Resolution Options, which has broken compatibility with a lot of our devices. They recommend that instead of using a Micro Converter HDMI to SDI, to use a scaler, like their Mini Converter UpDownCross HD, that will stabilize/force the...

Thanks, FMEng, great suggestion. I reduced the number of remote screens to two per computer but still had a screen go blank after 14 minutes. This is with the computers sitting on Mac desktops with no foreground programs running. CPU activity at 2% to 5%. I still don't know why the screens...

Hi - I've used Black Magic Design HDMI-SDI converter pairs for years with no problems. But in a new installation, my screens are randomly going blank.The setup - - two Mac Studio M2's with direct connected HDMI monitors. - six Black Magic HDMI-SDI Micro converters pairs (three per computer)...