Blackmagic Design: ATEM Television Studio HD8 ISO
Blackmagic Design’s ATEM Television Studio HD8 ISO is a compact live production switcher with a built-in broadcast control panel so it can be used for high end work while being portable. It has eight standards converted 3G-SDI inputs, built-in streaming, master recorder, multiview, USB webcam support, DVE, four ATEM Advanced Chroma Keyers, two downstream keyers, SuperSource, transitions, two media players, talkback, four-way Ethernet switch and optional internal cloud media storage. It also includes ISO recording of all eight inputs to separate video files and supports up to eight remote cameras via local Ethernet or globally via the Internet. The 3G-SDI standards converter will convert any 1080HD or 720HD source to the video standard of the switcher. www.blackmagicdesign.com
FOR-A Americas: HVS-1200 12G/3G/HD Switcher
The FOR-A HVS-1200 12G/3G/HD video switcher delivers 12G-SDI support as standard with 10 inputs/10 outputs, 1 M/E; 2 DVEs in 4K UHD with 4 DVEs optional; or 40 inputs/10 outputs, 2 M/E, and 16 DVEs in HD mode. FOR-A’s MELite™ technology adds 1 additional M/E in 4K UHD or 4 in HD mode for AUX transitions. Special FLEXaKEY™ keyers (1 in 4K UHD or 4 in HD mode) operating separately from standard keyers may be freely assigned to M/E or AUX busses. This design handles a variety of signal formats for hybrid production in live events, for easy switching between HD and UHD, or to migrate from HD to 4K UHD. The HVS-1200 12G.3G.HD Switcher has a compact, 3U form factor. www.for-a.com
Grass Valley: K-Frame Production Switchers
Supporting 12G natively with no reduction in I/O or creative capability, K-Frame series of video production centers provides a wide range of options for designing a system that matches production needs. Large capacity processing frames support up to 8K productions or can share resources across up to four different productions while isolating the resources in one suite from another. Show files are easily transferred between K-Frame system models and intuitive operation remains the same. The K-Frame series includes the largest switchers on the market in terms of both I/O count and MEs regardless of format: HD or 12G UHD with SDI, IP, or Cloud connections. Any Kayenne, Karrera, or Korona panel connects to any engine: CSX, XP, X, or V-series. www.grassvalley.com
Panasonic Connect: KAIROS Video Production Platform
KAIROS is an IT/IP live video production platform with CPU/GPU architecture and software to maximize video processing capacity and utilization with just one frame processing delay. Productions enjoy control to deliver content from various video and graphical sources to multiple screens and streams. KAIROS virtualizes traditional switcher functions. KC2000 Core mainframe enhances scalability, offering 200% of input & output capacity compared to current Cores, along with more video processing power and a 900 GB internal clip player. ST 2110 offers input/output flexibility, giving users an intuitive layer-based interface, for powerful content creation. KAIROS has no fixed limits on the number of M/E’s and keyers. Its layer-based approach lets users build a system that adapts to their creativity. https://na.panasonic.com/us/audio-video-solutions
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