High Definition Production Bulletins

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE:TXN) today announced a new Internet Protocol (IP) camera reference design that provides low power, high definition (HD) video processing for the video surveillance market. The DM368IPNC-MT5 IP camera reference design with H.264 main profile 1080p at 30 frames per second (fps) offers industry-leading compression in a full HD solution, with the complete camera utilizing only three Watts. Based on a new DaVinci(TM) video processor, the IP camera reference design provides 30 percent more host processing performance over the previous generation. This overall performance boost allows the camera to support 720p at 60 fps for multiple video formats including H.264 and MPEG-4, as well as MJPEG at five Megapixels (MP) at 15 fps. It also supports multi-streaming video proce ...

NewTek Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, announced the NewTek TriCasts™ America Tour, sponsored by Canon U.S.A., Inc. and TodoCast™. From October 27 through November 17, 2009, NewTek is traveling cross-country in one of the world's first, and smallest, live TV high definition (HD) production vehicles showcasing the...

The Telairity BE8500, a versatile H.264/AVC video encoder capable of hot-switching between a high-definition (HD) or standard-definition (SD) video source, was introduced today by Telairity, Inc. at HD World. The exhibition is being held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center today and tomorrow, October 14-15. Telairity is exhibiting in Booth #1248.

The newest model in the Telairity family of H.264 encoders, the 1-RU BE8500 enables users to encode...

Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ:SNIC) today announced a new lineup for its professional Blu-ray Disc (BD) authoring, compression, and quality assurance products. Built on the same advanced technology that has made Sonic BD production systems the choice of more authoring facilities than all other BD production platforms combined, the new BD product line features...

For you in the production of those scrumptious HD sports and remote location programs we adore, here is a little something fresh from the fiber folks that may make your job easier and more versatile. Give it a read and let me know what, if any, creative ideas come to mind. _Dale


Telecast Fiber Systems' New CopperHead DLV-3X1 Fiber Optic Multiplexer Adds Versatility to HD Acquisition

WORCESTER, Mass. - July 17, 2007 - Telecast Fiber Systems today announced the release of the new CopperHead DLV-3X1 camera-mounted fiber optic multiplexer for Dual Link Digital Cinema Cameras. The DLV-3X1 converts four 1.5-GB/s data streams from copper to fiber, permitting transmission of...