Blackmagic Design DeckLink Mini Recorder 4K: price & specs

Specifications

Source: blackmagicdesign.com (verified 2026-07-10) · corroborated by geartechs.com. The official Blackmagic Design DeckLink tech specs page lists the DeckLink Mini Recorder 4K as a low profile PCI Express (4 lane, generation 2) capture card with one 6G-SDI input and one HDMI 2.0a input that records all formats up to 2160p30 (Ultra HD) and 4K DCI up to 25p, with HDR static-metadata / HLG / PQ support, at a price of $235. Model identity was confirmed as the exact 4K recorder variant — not the 1080p-only DeckLink Mini Recorder HD nor the output-only DeckLink Mini Monitor 4K — via the dedicated spec block whose 6G-SDI + HDMI 2.0a and 2160p30 capture signature is unique to this model. GearTechs (SKU BDLKMINIREC4K) corroborates the $235.00 price and the identical spec summary (low profile Gen 2 PCIe, 6G-SDI + HDMI 2.0a, up to 2160p30, DCI up to 4K DCI 25p). max_passthrough and hdr_passthrough are null because the card is input-only with no video output or loop-through path (HDR here is capture-side, with no passthrough to carry it); encoding is "software" because DeckLink cards carry no onboard compression encoder and deliver uncompressed video for the host to encode; release date is not published on either fetched page, so it is left null.

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