New, affordable frame sync and 3D LUT openGear cards from Cobalt grow with you

If you’re in the market for low-cost signal processing cards, you now have new options from Cobalt Digital. The first is a 12G SDI single-channel frame synchronizer, the 9925-FSx. It starts with 1 path at a very affordable price, and you can upgrade via software license options to 2, 3, and 4 independent paths. There's also an audio processing license option that gives you AES, MADI, and Dante embedding and deembedding. The second new card is a single-channel 3G-SDI 3D LUT color processing card, the 9981-LUTx, which offers you up to 4 channels and even 4K with software license options. There’s a long menu of options on this card. You can add a scaler, the BBC LUT, audio options, and more.During NAB 2026, Suzana Brady of Cobalt Digital talks with Matt Robbins from KitPlus about how Cobalt is known for very high-end, multifunctional OpenGear cards, and so they have surprised the market by introducing entry-level, low-cost OpenGear cards with the same reliability and 5-year warranty as all of Cobalt’s products. As your workflow grows, these cards can grow with you.They also spoke about new ST 2110 inputs that have been added to the PACIFIC 9992-ENC encoder, as well as ST 2110 outputs that you’ll now find on the PACIFIC ULL-DEC-INDIGO decoder. To find out more about these and all of Cobalt’s openGear cards, visit https://www.CobaltDigital.com/.Get the new 2026 Ultimate openGear Applications Guide to see what Cobalt and all of the openGear Leader Partners offer within the flexible and scalable openGear ecosystem at https://www.opengear.tv/. About Cobalt Digital:Signal processing is about more than just powerful processing and system capabilities. Just as important are scalable, cost-effective, real-world solutions that not only meet today’s demands but adapt to tomorrow’s challenges. Cobalt Digital designs and manufactures award-winning 12G/3G/HD/SD conversion, throwdown, and multiviewer technology for the production and broadcast television environments. Find out more at https://www.CobaltDigital.com/.About openGear:The industry standard platform of choice, openGear is an open-architecture, modular frame system that offers freedom to choose technology from a wide range of products to meet the needs of remote production, broadcast, and distribution. Find out more at https://www.opengear.tv/.