Those of you looking for an HD capable video capture card will be happy to hear that ViewCast Corporation has announced the release of the new Osprey-700 HD. The Osprey-700 HD is an HD-SDI and SD-SDI A/V input card designed for broadcasters and content owners needing a way to “repurpose HD and standard-definition (SD) content for IP video distribution and video-on-demand applications.”

The card supports resolutions from 1080i/720p to SD resolutions and is capable of scaling HD input down to SD and lower for streaming purposes.  The ideal use for the card is in archiving and/or transcoding video content.

The Osprey-700 HD also supports extraction of vertical blanking interval data for closed captioning and Teletext applications.

There’s no picture nor word on pricing as of yet but we don’t expect this card to be cheap since it’s geared towards broadcasters and content owners.

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