NAB 2008 Pick Hits
Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Broadcast Videohub
Blackmagic Design
408-954-0500
+44 1565 830049
www.blackmagic-design.com
Routing switcher supports 3Gb/s SDI; includes 72 SDI inputs, 144 SDI outputs, 72 deck control ports, twin redundant power connections, SDI reclocking and 3Gb/s SDI technology in an 8RU chassis; all connections are grouped together to include an SDI input, SDI output, deck control port and SDI monitor output for each user; has twice as many SDI outputs as inputs, allowing users to control their monitoring without affecting the input of their editing workstation.
ProPrompter HD
Bodelin Technologies
818-767-929
+1 206 545 2584
www.bodelin.com
Teleprompter features a wider hood and mirror for wide-angle shots and lenses; available in either an LCD or Pocket PC version; designed to be safe and solid for handheld, jib or steadicam shots; setup is less than three minutes; comes equipped with the camera-mounted mirror system, PocketPC PDA and prompting software, and a keyboard and mouse; packs away in a custom military-grade storm case; works on any internal focus camera lens with a diameter of 100mm down to 52mm.
Slate 5000
Broadcast Pix
978-600-1100
www.broadcastpix.com
Live production system allows a single operator to run all aspects of a sophisticated 2 M/E live HDTV production, including complex graphics, animations, clips and effects, as well as control robotic cameras, audio mixers and video servers; includes and integrates the functionality of an entire live production control room — switcher, CG, clips store, still store, multi-view monitoring, aspect ratio and format conversion, and video routing.
Flash XDR
Convergent Design
720-221-3861
www.convergent-design.com
CompactFlash-based portable HD recorder/player uses Sony MPEG-2 CODEC technology; records HD-SDI 1080i/p and 720p video into a high-quality MPEG-2 stream at bit rates up to 100Mb/s 4:2:2 and 160Mb/s 4:2:2 in full raster (1920 × 1080); uncompressed four-channel embedded or two-channel analog audio accompany the video into an MXF file stored on the CompactFlash cards; features an all solid-state package.
CB512
EEG Enterprises
516-293-7472
www.eegent.com
HD caption legalizer and relocating bridge seamlessly bridges caption data from one video source to another, as well as relocates caption displays on the screen in response to GPI triggers; ensures compliance of caption data with all DTV captioning standards; fixes common errors introduced in closed captioning flows by SD-to-HDI upconverters or incomplete 608 to 708 translation; regenerates all input caption data into a standardized, fully-compliant data stream, compatible with all MPEG encoder specs.
CP-2200E
Evertz
905-335-3700
+44 118 935 0200www.evertz.com
Remote control panel features two high-resolution color LCD displays that intelligently interact with the panel's buttons and rotary controls, updating automatically as different operation facilities are selected; each of the 12 LCD buttons can display a multicharacter text string or a graphical image, and can be configured with a menu structure that allows quick navigation though the systems.
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