NAB product highlights
Apr 1, 2009 12:00 PM
More than 30 pages of must-see new products at NAB2009.
TRANSMISSION SERVER
SeaChange BMLxt
Adds features and performance capabilities to Broadcast MediaLibrary system; features SAS drivebased design that improves reliability; scales from a single 3.6TB node to a nine-node cluster providing almost 00TB, which can be combined with MediaClient software codecs for broadcast-quality HD and SDchannels.
978-897-0100; www.schange.com
Booth: SU12009
HD WIRELESS CAMERA TRANSMITTER
Link Research L1500
Supports a wide selection of RF modules that can be swapped over to operate in bands of 1.4GHz to 7.5GHz; uses the company's encoding and modulation methods to cut transmission delays to about one frame, making the transmitter suitable for live sports productions; includes options for camera control for Sony and Thomson Grass Valley cameras.
+44 1923 474060; www.linkres.co.uk
Booth: C2107
TEST SIGNAL AND SYNC PULSE GENERATOR
Ensemble Designs BrightEye 57
A 3Gb/s, HD, SD and analog test signal and sync pulse generator; memory card allows users to create custom test patterns and audio clips; analog audio, AES, LTC, VTC and tri-level sync outputs are also provided; can be used as either a slave or master reference generator; can lock to house reference or to its own internal precision standard; suited for remote trucks, post, helicopters and flypacks.
530-478-1830
www.ensembledesigns.com
Booth: N4023
REMOTE CONTROL AND MONITORING
ANT Group NetPOD PIM UDS
A graphical instrument that allows users to easily and completely configure graphic windows inside a NetPOD window; the editor allows users to insert one or more background images or devices and to connect inputs and outputs to them; UDS module is a powerful tool to concentrate and visualize in one single window a number of data according to user priorities; users can build windows displaying custom status summaries or dataflow paths; helps to create group defined screens, concentrating all coherent data in a single window.
+39 346 8836776; www.antgroup.it
Booth: C3321
PROCESSING ENGINE
da Vinci C.O.R.E.
The CUDA Optimized Resolve Engine provides R-series and 2K Plus systems with real-time throughput of nonlinear images in film, television, and other commercial applications; works to maximize the power and efficiency of scalable NVIDIA processing.
954-688-5600; www.davsys.com
Booth: SL3314
FINAL CUT PRO PLUG-IN
AJA Video Io HD
A transportable plug-in solution that works with HD and SD in Final Cut Studio 2; with a single FireWire 800 connection, it supports the new Apple ProRes 422 Codec natively, in hardware, to bring production-quality HD editing to the Mac Pro desktop and the MacBook Pro laptop.
530-274-2048; www.aja.com
Booth: SL2513
EDITING SOFTWARE
Avid Media Composer v3.5
Now includes native support of the Sony XDCAM format, allowing users to playback and edit directly from the disc, render, mixdown, export sequences and clips with eight audio tracks, and write back with sequence time code; supports stereoscopic workflows, enabling users to acquire, edit and display stereoscopic 3-D material; eliminates the need for a dongle key to activate new software purchases and upgrades; all new software sales and single seat upgrades will be licensed by a system activation key.
978-640-6789; www.avid.com
Booth: SU902
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