At Cinegear 2012, we had an opportunity to visit with Wes Philips of SmallHD.  Beyond their very popular, DP4, DP4EVF and the DP6, Wes gave us a peek at the highly anticipated DP7.

The DP7 will be available in two versions, the DP7 OLED and the DP7 High-Bright.  Both units will be able to convert to variety of signals simultaniousy including:

• SDI to SDI and HDMI (simultaneously)
• HDMI to SDI and HDMI
• Component to SDI, HDMI, and Component
• Composite to SDI, HDMI, and Component

The DP7′s ability to convert and split an incoming signal internally eliminates the need for any additional signal converters and their accompanying nest of wires.

Dual-Camera Monitoring allows you to input two cameras and view both simultaniouly by using picture in picture feature.

The DP7 will accept separate audio and video signals and mix down these streams into one signal for monitoring audio from an outside source.

High-Bright vs OLED

When choosing which version to go with, think about your applications.  Here are some things to considers:

OLED

• Broad viewing angle
• Excellent black level
• No ghosting and smearing artifacts during fast motion due to sub-millisecond response time
• Wide gamut and vivid colors because no backlight is used
• The trade off here is brightness — which will be noticeable when in daylight scenarios

Both variations are 7 inch, 720p monitors  with a resolution of 1280×800 and contain the following:

Body

• Flush mount integrated polycarbonate screen protector
• Specially coated anti-reflective, hydrophobic and  scratch resistant screen protector.
• 1 x YpBpr (Hirose Breakout cable to BNC or RCA)
• 5 rugged ¼” 20 thread points on all sides All ports recessed and locked for protection

• Waveform
• Vectorscope
• RGB Parade
• Histogram

Other features include Focus Assist, Zebra, False Color, Frame Guides, Color Bars, Blue Only, Configurable Smart Keys.  Both the High-Bright and OLED models will retail for $2699.00, and SmallHD is currently taking pre-orders.  For more information go to their website at www.smallhd.com.