NAB product highlights
Apr 1, 2009 12:00 PM
More than 30 pages of must-see new products at NAB2009.
PLAYOUT AND REAL-TIME GRAPHICS SOLUTION
ToolsOnAir CompositionSuite
Provides broadcasters with Apple-based playout automation and real-time graphics; features an intuitive interface that mimics Apple's simplicity and design; streamlined processes create shorter time to air and more flexibility.
+43 6643 336708; www.toolsonair.com
Booth: SU9624B
MULTICHANNEL LEVEL CONTROL
Ward-Beck Systems MLC8
Handles AES, Dolby E, Dolby AC3, analog audio or HD/SD embedded signals; equipped with eight LED bar graph level displays, individual channel and master level control with mute function, level status LED indicators, presets and toggling between 5.1 and stereo listening, and 7.1 and 5.1 to stereo mix-down capability.
416-335-5999; www.ward-beck.com
Booth: SU4813
MHEG-5 RECEIVER ENGINE
Strategy & Technology (S&T) REDKEY 2
MHEG-5 middleware engine offers a modular architecture and supports all of the current international profiles of the MHEG interactive TV standard, including those implemented in the UK Freeview/Freesat, Boxer/Ireland, New Zealand, Hong Kong, South Africa and Australia; also supports the interaction channel IP connectivity to enable hybrid broadcast/IPTV receivers.
303-926-4933; www.s-and-t.com
Booth: SU8606
HD POV CAMERA
Sony HXR-MC1
HD compact point-of-view camera and solid-state recorder combination; has a unique design that separates the camera head from the control unit/recorder, giving professional users more flexibility to capture shots in video applications where increased mobility is required beyond the use of traditional handheld or shoulder-mount cameras; records onto Memory Stick PRO Duo media using AVCHD compression; can record up to six hours of HD content onto a 16GB Memory Stick media.
201-930-7330
www.sony.com/professional
Booth: C11001
VIDEO TRANSPORT ENCODER
Streambox SBT3-9500
Enables broadcasters to get more HD/SD video back to the studio over networks including 3G, WiFi, WiMAX, the Internet and satellite; facilitates multiplexing/demultiplexing of a single video stream over two IP networks; based on ACT-L3 codec; encodes full-frame 1080i/720p HD video and NTSC/PAL SD video and audio.
206-956-0570
www.streambox.com
Booth: SU14413
WEB BROWSE ARCHITECTURE
TransMedia Dynamics i-Mediaflex
Features redesigned GUI; allows users from inside and outside the enterprise to examine content and workflow from any desktop browser and see content as it flows through a facility; enables operators to use workflows for processes such as post production, dub ordering, subtitling/closed-captioning and audio dubbing.
+44 1296 745080; www.tmd.tv
Booth: SU9205
HDTV STUDIO/FIELD PRODUCTION CAMERA
Hitachi Kokusai Electric SK-HD1000
Offered with hybrid fiber-optic cable or digital triax cable transmission; converts into a solid-state field recorder and wireless configuration; features two-piece body design, F10 sensitivity with 60dB signal-to-noise ratio, 14-bit analog-to-digital conversion and CCU outputs of 1080i and 720p, or switchable between the two.
516-921-7200
www.hitachikokusai.us
Booth: C4310
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