36 TVBEurope IBC2013Show Preview Roland Systems Group VC-1 converters get Euro launch By Carolyn Giardina
ROLAND SYSTEMS Group is hosting the European launch of its VC-1 Series of video converters at IBC. That includes the VC-1-HS (HDMI to SDI), VC-1-SH (SDI to HDMI), VC- 1-DL (bi-directional SDI/HDMI with audio/video delay and frame sync), and new VC-1-SC (up/down cross/scan converter to SDI/HDMI with frame sync). The VC-1-SC supports
applications including live production where analogue or digital sources are required to match a certain SDI and/or
HDMI video format, aspect ratio, frame rate, or input type. The VC-1-HS—which
converts, extends and embeds audio from HDMI to SDI— complements the Roland V-1600HD and V-800HD multiformat video mixers when using SDI signals for camera inputs on the mixer. The VC-1-SH, which converts an SDI signal to HDMI, can be used with Roland’s V-40HD multiformat video mixer when using an SDI camera as an input to the mixer. The VC-1-DL is developed for live production, broadcast and
SatService: Safe housing for sat modules
What it says on the tin: The VC-1-SC video converter
The VC-1 Series incorporates The VC-1-DL
recording applications. Explained Roland: ‘In live productions as you add more video components to a signal flow, latency is introduced.
Solectrix sinaCAM goes back to basics By David Fox
THE NEW sinaCAM basic miniature camera is a 2D HD version of Solectrix’s twin-head 3D sinaCAM HD remote camera and is designed specifically for broadcast work where a very lightweight camera is needed.
It can be controlled using a
Safe as houses: A new cabinet provides a safe environment for up to 20 fibre optic modules
Being demonstrated on the company’s IBC stand is SatService’s sat-nms LFOC Optical Link Outdoor Cabinet for satellite ground station applications, writes Ian McMurray. A new member of its fibre optical transmission systems, the cabinet is designed to provide a safe environmental home for 10 or 20 of SatService’s sat-nms LFTX and LFRX modules, which can be used in either this outdoor housing or
in the existing indoor 19-inch rack mount chassis.
The cabinet can be equipped with optical converters only, or it can include other satellite ground station specific equipment like the sat-nms IO-FEP M&C frontend processor or Ethernet switches.
An Ethernet interface, SNMP MIB and integrated web server are standard as they are for all sat-nms products. 1.F47
standard Sony remote control panel in an OB vehicle, while its lens control module means it is also possible to connect it directly with a studio lens. Since this module supplies the aperture drive in the camera with energy of up to 1A/12v, another cable for the module is not necessary.
The sinaCAM basic has a
single 2/3-inch CCD HD sensor, runs at up to 60fps, and has a RAW output option. The camera can be fitted with either a B4-mount lens converter (which
converter allows bidirectional
conversion of SDI/ HDMI and provides frame
sync and delay adjustment of up to 9 fields (4.5 frames) for audio and video independently.’
Roland’s multiformat conversion technology concentrated in a simplified mini-converter. According to Roland, they ‘faithfully convert the original source with no change in colour or brightness… By maintaining the video characteristics there are no interlacing artefacts, pixel shifting or other conversion or signal errors.’ The VC-1 series also features an on-board re-clocker to compensate for attenuation of SDI signals carried over long distances. 7.J38
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The sinaCAM in flight in Nepal during production of Legacy of Gods
replicates the image size and the optical path of a beamsplitter prism) or a PL-mount adapter. For power there is a choice of V-mount or Anton-Bauer battery mount adapters. The existing sinaCAM, which weighs 1.4kg in its standard
3D configuration, has been used on a wide range of productions, and is particularly well suited to use on aerial drones, as seen on the upcoming 3D feature documentary Legacy of Gods. 11.E61
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