SMPTE Specifications

                                                 SMPTE Specifications for SD-SDI / HD-SDI / UHD 

SMPTE ST 259

SD-SDI (Composite - NTSC) 143 Mb/s

SD-SDI (Composite - PAL) 177 Mb/s

SD-SDI (Component) 270 Mb/s

SD-SDI (widescreen) 360 Mb/s

Max cable length calculated at 30dB loss at ½ clock frequency

SMPTE ST 292

HD-SDI (1.5G-SDI) 1.5 Gb/s

Max cable length calculated at 20dB loss at ½ clock frequency

SMPTE ST 424

HD-SDI (3G-SDI) 3.0 Gb/s

Max cable length calculated at 20dB loss at ½ clock frequency

SMPTE ST 425

UHDTV1 & UHDTV2

3Gb/s Single Link, 6 Gb/s Dual Link (3Gb/s per link), 12 Gb/s Quad Link (3 Gb/s per link)

Max cable length calculated at 40dB loss at ½ clock frequency

SMPTE ST 2081

UHDTV1 & UHDTV2

6 Gb/s Single link, 12 Gb/s Dual Link (6 Gb/s per link)

Max cable length calculated at 40dB loss at ½ clock frequency

SMPTE ST 2082

UHDTV1 & UHDTV2

12Gb/s Single link, 24Gb/s Dual link (12Gb/s per link)

Max cable length calculated at 20dB loss at ½ clock frequency