Samurai HD-SDI Recorder , Monitor & Playback

Online or Offline, Master or Back-up

10-bit 4:2:2, 220Mbps, 2.5” HDD or SSD 

Professional media production is all about balancing quality, cost and  time. We understand this dynamic and our aim is to redefine the digital recording workflow to maintain the highest recording quality, minimize 

the time taken to move video from camera to computer and lower the cost of production using affordable, high capacity, high speed media.The Samurai Blade takes any uncompressed HD or SD source and  encodes it in real-time to 10-bit, 4:2:2 Apple ProRes or Avid DNxHD at up to 220Mbps. Both are class-leading codecs for production, broadcasting, editing and post-production. Because we are portable,  we can record from the ultimate image source, the sensor of the camera. 

The Samurai Blade always records in 10-bit, even from an 8-bit source. 

We add color registries for incorporating higher bit-depth graphics from CG, animation and special effects. This avoids banding and makes editing and grading, in fact any precision effect, more accurate.

Waveform Monitor, Focus Peaking, Zebra and more…

At 325 dpi and 1 million pixels 

(1280x720) the Samurai Blade’s 

5” SuperAtom IPS Panel 

delivers amazing resolution, 

super accurate colours and 

super deep blacks.

The Samurai Blade is the first 

truly professional monitor that 

records, offering full waveform 

functionality, including 

vectorscope, in addition 

to focus peaking, zebra, 

false colour and blue-only 

monitoring tools.