2U

Industrial Ruggedised Components

d3 systems are built on industrial components, so they are super rugged and plenty of availability long term.

This chassis is the most rugged case on the market, with a bunch of neat customisations to make sure the internal components stay where they should, even if you bounce it around the country on the back of a truck.

No consumer components are in the d3 product range, developed over years by people like you, we are committed to continuing to offer the right product for the job.

Graphics Power

The professional graphics card in the d3 2U packs a huge punch in a single slot solution, making it the perfect solution for this slimline d3 work-horse.

The GPU features 2GB of blazing-fast GDDR5 memory, 512 stream processors, and support for three simultaneous monitor outputs from a single slot card.

Capable of keeping up with it’s big brother, the d3 4U, you might just find that the 2U is the guy for you.

Latest i7 Processor

The latest 2U v1 System comes equipped with the very latest Intel Core i7, featuring 4 cores with 8 concurrent threads when using Hyper-Threading, it operates at 2.88GHz, so it’s perfectly capable of driving those 3 outputs.

This means serious power under the hood. No-longer are you limited to only our proprietary DXV codec for 4k and above textures, where the previous limit was 6 × 1080p using the GPU decompression technique. Now you can also use .pjeg and even .anim in multiple layers with this kind of performance.

Flexible Video Input

The d3 2U offers video capture from uncompressed 8-bit and 10-bit HD-SDI and standard definition SDI cameras. The single card gives 1 x HD-SDI or 2 x SD-SDI, as the multi-channel capability allows simultaneous capture from two independent SD-SDI cameras, or to switch to the HD-SDI inptu on the card.

Supports 525 NTSC, 625 PAL, 720p and 1080i; SMTPE 292M, SMPTE 344M and SMPTE 259M.

Solid State Media Storage

Built with the quality, reliability, and durability that lives up to the OCZ name, the Vertex 3 Series easily integrates into the d3 System and features TRIM support to optimize performance over the drive’s lifespan as the ultimate Windows 7 companion.

With read rates of up to 530Mb/s this device will give you the ability to store more, play more and deliver more.

Removable Media Drives

Both 2U and 4U feature a 4 bay removable Media Drive array, meaning you can swap your drives around at will.

Coming as standard with a single 480Gb SSD in each, there is plenty of room for all that high-res content. But, when you want to back up, quickly swap out a show, duplicate or copy, just add another drive to the media drive bay for instant access to complete peace of mind.

Integrate with Devices

The d3 rack-mount is packed with input/output capabilities.

With 2 x Gigabit LAN sockets, you can have one Artnet and one Device network simultaneously. The 4 x USB 2.0 slots give you the external device or backup hard-drive access at super quick speeds, plus 2 x COM ports for the old school analogue boys.

You are in control.

Audio on board

Unfortunately, we couldn’t fit the awesome Pro-Audio card from the 4U in the 2U, so we plumped for the very good on-board audio option instead.

You still get great quality audio in/out, but there is no on board MIDI on this 2U. Never mind though, it is so well priced, you can go buy a nice outboard pro-audio/midi device to put in all that rack space you’ve saved!