Avid DNxcel Board

Capture today's popular HD formats. Edit in real time. Output mastering-quality HD.

HD freedom begins with the high-performance Avid DNxcel Board: a single, easy-to-install component that slides into the Avid Adrenaline hardware's HD expansion slot. Engineered for today's multi-resolution, multi-format postproduction workflows, the Avid DNxcel Board is packed with professional-grade components and media processing horsepower. Turn your Avid Media Composer Adrenaline HD system into a high-velocity HD workstation.

Why add the Avid DNxcel Board?

HD Flexibility

• Capture and output HD via industry-standard HD-SDI input/output for connecting to HDCAM, DVCPRO HD, D5, and other popular decks and cameras
• Real-time multistream HD editing with real-time effects viewable on an HD monitor
• Full complement of connectors plus tri-level sync

• Hardware encoding of the only HD encoding technology specifically designed for post production: Avid DNxHD
• Supported resolutions include: 1080i at 59.94 / 50; 1080p at 25 / 23.976; 720p at 59.94 fps
• Resolutions planned for future release: 720p at 23.976 / 29.97 / 50 / VFR; 1080p at 24 fps
• Avid DNxHD encoding provides mastering-quality HD media with the storage and bandwidth footprint of uncompressed SD media

• Full 10-bit HD hardware with choice of 10-bit and 8-bit Avid DNxHD encoding settings
• Real-time SD downconvert
• Simultaneous output of HD and SD masters
• Fast installation in Avid Adrenaline hardware's HD expansion slot

Accelerate your HD workflow

Only Avid offers this revolutionary HD technology engineered for the needs of postproduction. High-efficiency Avid DNxHD encoding is compatible with all popular HD and film formats for acquisition and delivery and enables real-time HD collaboration for everyone—from small shops to global organizations. Collaborate with other Avid Media Composer Adrenaline HD systems on a network that can include Avid DS Nitris, Avid Unity MediaNetwork, Avid Xpress Pro systems. Be ready for anything that walks in the door.